Oscar, perceiving he had guessed right, added, in a contemptuous tone: "The little, sneaking tell-tale--I 'll give him a good pounding for that, the first time I catch him." "You 're too bad, Oscar," interposed his brother; "Willie did n't suppose you cared anything about standing before the blackboard--he only spoke of it because he thought it was something queer." Seeing Oscar was in so unamiable a mood, Ralph said nothing more about the subject, at that time..