If the 'silence' can't be lifted, then Prescott is going to 'fess' down and out, and we shall see the last of him." "Poor old fellow!" muttered Durville.

"Say, do you know, I'm growing almost sorry for the poor beggar and his long, bitter dose." "After what he did to you ?" demanded Jordan with instant scorn.
"Durville, I thought you a man of spirit." "May a man of spirit forgive his enemy, especially when he sometimes doubts whether the other fellow really is an enemy ?" demanded Durville.
"Oh, he may, I suppose," replied Jordan, his lip curling.

"On the whole, however, I am a good deal surprised at seeing you accept the loss of all your liberties and privileges so easily as you are doing." Naturally, the effect of Jordan's words was to kill a good deal of Durville's fleeting sympathy, for the latter had suffered a good deal from the restraint of his liberties, following the escapade for which Dick had reported him.
The meeting in Anstey's room resulted in the secret gathering of a dozen men.

Eight of these were friends of Dick, who would still like to see the class action reversed or ended.

But Anstey had been clever enough also to invite four men who were numbered among Prescott's adversaries.