"Doubtless many of you will be surprised when I tell you that I have had no word in the matter from Mr.Prescott.

I have not even mentioned the subject to his roommate, Mr.Holmes." "Then whom do you represent ?" demanded the other cadet.
"Myself and other believers in Mr.Prescott," replied Anstey simply.
"The very least we ask is that you stop punishing so many of us through Mr.Prescott.

Gentlemen, do you not feel that any man who commands as many friends in his class as does Mr.Prescott must be a man above the petty meannesses of which he was accused, and for which he was sent to Coventry ?" "I've been one of the sufferers through Mr.Prescott," commented Durville grimly.

"As for me, I'll admit that I'd be glad to see the 'silence' lifted.

I feel that Mr.Prescott has been punished enough, and that, if we now lift the 'silence,' he would be more careful after this.