Cheer up, old man!" At that instant the call for formation sounded.

The young men were ready and turned to leave the room on the jump.

As they did so, Greg muttered in a low tone: "Say nothing, but hold up your head and smile.

Don't let anyone face you down.

Not ten fellows in the corps will even guess that you could possibly be guilty of anything mean!" Wouldn't they?
West Point cadets have such an utter contempt for anything savoring of cheating or lying that the mere suspicion is often enough to make them hold back.
As the cadets moved to their places in the formations scores of cadets passed Prescott.
Short as the time had been, the news was already flying through the corps.
Usually Dick had a score of greetings as made his way to his place in line.