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 CHAPTER XXII

THE FORM AT THE WINDOW

Ned had been through a hard session that had not ended for him until after four o'clock, and he was very far from certain that his answers to Questions V and VIII were going to please Mr. Pennington. A game of golf with Dan Whipple arranged for four o'clock had not materialized, and Ned had returned to No[**P3—missing. here) 16 to spend the remainder of the afternoon worrying about the Latin examination. About 5:30 Laurie came in. Laurie had a bright-red flush under his left eye and looked extremely angry.

"What did you do to your face?" asked Ned.

Laurie viewed himself in the mirror above his chiffonier before replying. Then, "I didn't do anything to it," he answered a bit sulkily. "That's what Elk Thurston did."

"For the love of mud!" exclaimed Ned. "Don't tell me you've gone and had a fight!"