I hope there may be some mistake about this.

Will the boys who were engaged in the fight stand up ?" The Philosophers rose to a man, with a promptitude which was almost aggressive.

Bother it all, why should we be backward in admitting that we had gone for those day boys, and "put them to bed" for once?
"I ask you boys to say whether you heard Mr Jarman tell you to wait till he spoke to you ?" "I did, sir," said Langrish.
"So did I," said Trimble.
"We all did," said I.
"And why did you not obey ?" "Tempest told us to come in, so we did," said I.
"That's right, sir," said Coxhead.
And the others assented.
"Very well," said the doctor.

"Tempest, I ask you to say whether you heard Mr Jarman tell the boys to wait ?" "Yes, sir." "And did you tell them, in spite of that, to come in ?" "Yes, sir." "Why ?" "Because I'm head of the house, and I'm responsible for the order of my house." "I am glad to hear you think so," said the doctor drily.

"Have you always been equally jealous for the order of your house this term, Tempest ?" This was a "facer," as we all felt.