With such a heavy boat chain you might have injured Moss very seriously.

Do you want me to give you another chance or not ?" "Wh--what do you mean, sir ?" asked Flapp, much frightened.
"Do you want to remain at Putnam Hall, or shall I send you home in disgrace ?" "I--I don't want to go home," said the big boy.

His father was a rough man and he knew that if his parent heard of this trouble he would make him pay dearly for it.
"I expect my pupils to be young gentlemen," went on Captain Putnam.
"This is an academy for the better class of boys only.

Bad boys do not come here, but are sent to the reformatory.

If I give you another chance will you promise to do better in the future ?" "Yes, sir." "Very well then, I will give you one more chance.