I beg your pardon, Riddell." "Oh!" said Riddell, "don't do that, please." "You know," said Wyndham, "as those two took me, it didn't seem to be much harm.

We only went to see the steamer come in." "The thing is," said Riddell, "it was against the rules." "But Gilks and Silk are both monitors, aren't they ?" "They are," said the captain, with a touch of bitterness in his tone.
There was another pause, this time a long one.

Neither boy seemed inclined to return to the subject.

Wyndham opened his books and made a pretence of beginning his work, and Riddell fidgeted with the papers before him.

In the mind of the latter a hurried debate was going on.
"What had I better do?
I might send him up to the doctor and perhaps get him expelled.