The two boys felt at once that the doctor would prove their friend so long as they conducted themselves properly, but they also felt that the aged president of Brill would stand for no nonsense.
Having been questioned by the doctor and one of the teachers, the boys were placed in charge of the house master, who said he would show them to their rooms in the dormitory.

Dick had already explained the absence of Tom.
"Your father wrote that you would prefer to room together," said the house master.

"But that will be impossible, since our rooms accommodate but two students each.

We have assigned Samuel and Thomas to room No.

25 and Richard to room No.