You got to stand right here with all of 'em lookin' at you until--" "I promise! My heavens, come _on_!" Fred consented to end the moment of agony; and for the rest of the summer found it impossible to persuade Ramsey to pass that house in his company.

"I won't do it!" Ramsey told him.

"Your word of honour means nothin' to me; you're liable to do anything that comes into your head, and I'm gettin' old enough to not get a reputation for bein' seen with people that act the idiot on the public streets.

No, sir; we'll walk around the block--at least, we will if you're goin' with _me_!" And to Fred's delight, though he concealed it, they would make this detour.
The evening after their return to the university both were busy with their trunks and various orderings and disorderings of their apartment, but Fred several times expressed surprise that his roommate should be content to remain at home; and finally Ramsey comprehended the implications.

Mrs.Meigs's chandelier immediately jingled with the shock of another crash upon the floor above.
"You let me up!" Fred commanded thickly, his voice muffled by the pile of flannels, sweaters, underwear, and raincoats wherein his head was being forced to burrow.