The captain, he knew, would make light of the prank.

But it was no small matter to have done this thing to the clergyman.
"Going to supper ?" asked Ted of Bob.
"No.

I don't feel like eating.

Guess I'll go home." But Bob's plan was frustrated.

His mother, who had been looking for her son, caught sight of him.
"Oh, Bob!" she exclaimed.