The young men had been room-mates at college.

Friendship had overcome discretion in this instance, at least.
The deed being done, young Mr.Bracken was beginning to wonder if it had not been overdone, so to speak.
"I wish somebody would tell me!" exclaimed Jack Barnes, with a perplexed frown.

"The beastly jays shot at us and all that.

You'd think I was an outlaw.

And they blazed away at Marjory, too, hang them!" Marjory, too excited to act like a blushing bride, took up the story and told all that had happened.