Then a servant appeared with a couple of blankets used by the cadets when in camp.
"You can wrap yourself in these if you are cold, so Mr.Crabtree says," said the servant.

And he went out again, locking the door as before.
"Humph! Must take me for an Indian!" muttered Pepper.

Nevertheless, he wrapped the blankets around him and then felt considerably warmer.
The morning passed slowly, and at noon Pepper was given a bowl of soup and several additional slices of unbuttered bread.

The soup was hot and good, and he wished there was more of it.
"Mr.Crabtree says that is all you can have," said the waiter who served him.
"Crabbed Crabtree!" muttered Pepper, and said no more.
In the middle of the afternoon, directly after school was over, Josiah Crabtree appeared.

This time he was accompanied by George Strong.
"Ditmore, we have come to have a talk with you!" cried Crabtree.