Let him return in half an hour or so." Professor Wheeler nodded.
"Come back at one o'clock, March," he said.
Outside Joel hesitated where to go.

He must tell some one his trouble, and there was only one who would really care.

He turned toward Hampton House, then remembered that it was dinner hour and that Outfield would be at table.

He had forgotten his own dinner until that moment.

In the dining hall West was still lingering over his dessert.