Dan drifted along, but merely raised his cap to Belle, then stationed himself by Mrs.Meade's side.
It was not until Dave signaled quietly that Dalzell came over to take Belle's proffered hand and chat for a moment.
The talk was all too short for all concerned.

A call of the bugle signaled the midshipmen to leave friends and hasten back for assembly.
It was not until the train had started away from Philadelphia that Dave and Dan were all but mobbed by way of congratulation.
Wolgast, Jetson, Farley, Page and others also came in for their share of good words.
"And to think, Darry, that you can never play on the Navy eleven again!" groaned a second classman.
"You'll have some one else in my place," laughed Dave.
"The Navy never before had a football player like you, and we'll never have one again," insisted the same man.

"Dalzell's kind come once in about every five years, but your kind, Darry, never come back---in the Navy!".