But this last remark gripped him, holding him feverishly to the spot.
"Prescott, I believe you said the fellow's name was," went on the stranger.
"Yes," admitted Jordan.

"And I put it all over him in a way that should make anyone else afraid of having me for an enemy!" Dick's heart gave a great, almost strangling bound.

Then it was quiet again, and his ears seemed preternaturally keen.
So sharp was his hearing, in fact, that he heard a sound that did not reach the ears of the other cadet or the latter's companion.
It was someone else coming.

With all the stealth in the world Dick now managed to slip around the end of the building and toward the front.
A cadet had stepped out as though seeking a breath of cool air between dances.

Dick darted forward on tiptoe until he recognized the oncoming one.