We could have jolly times together." "I'm going out to learn how to sail a ship, not to have fun," replied Bob, with an air of lofty virtue.

He had said nothing about this voyage being a sort of discipline as punishment for his prank.
He did not think that necessary.
"When are you goin' ?" "Next week." And then the two boys fell to discussing the trip in all its aspects.

Soon other boys joined Bob and Ted, but the perpetrator of the glue-joke was the center of attraction.
In fact, Bob was regarded as a sort of village hero.

There was more interest manifested in geography at school the following week than ever before.

Everybody knew, without telling, where Cape Horn was, and as for the Straits of Magellan, they could have pointed them out in the dark.
The prospect of the trip, too, had a certain effect on Bob.