As soon as that has been done I shall make another motion, that we remove the silence from the grand, good fellow who has had it put upon him." There were others, however, with nearly Anstey's gift for oratory.
One of them now took the floor, pointing out that the class would not have rebuked Prescott for having reported Jordan in the tour of pontoon bridge construction.
"That may have been justified," continued the speaker.

"But, afterwards, Mr.Jordan and Mr.Prescott had words.

There must have been some bitterness in that.

That same night Mr.Jordan was caught and reported by Mr.Prescott, who was not cadet officer of the day, and who therefore must have deliberately shadowed Mr.Jordan in order to catch him." "Prescott did not shadow Mr.Jordan, or do anything of a sneaky nature," shouted Anstey.
"He refused to explain to our class committee how he happened to be on band at just the time to catch Jordan," shouted Durville.
"Then be assured he had a good military, a good soldierly, a good manly reason for his silence," clamored Anstey.
The meeting was an excited one from all points of view.

In the end the best that the staunch friends of Dick could secure was that action on the resignation of the class presidency be deferred until a cooler hour, but that the silence be continued for the present.
And so the meeting broke up.