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FTER a few hours Rupert Ormsby came to the conclusion that he had treated Harry with too great severity. He had a brief interview with Dorr and Belmont and Francis Stoddard; and then in the half-hour just before bedtime which was allowed the sixth form for visiting, he went to Harry's room.

"Hello!" he said cheerfully, when he entered and found Harry alone. "I guess I was a little rough with you before supper this evening. You need n't think I'm going to take back everything," he added, "because I'm not; but maybe you got more than you deserved."

"I think I did," Harry answered. "Of course I would n't have stood by and let Stoddard be really hurt. I'm sure I'd have—I'd have objected to that, anyway. Herrick hadn't really hurt him, you know—"

"Yes, he was only beginning to hurt him,"