Leave me; I feel very sad, and must have time to think over this disgraceful affair." Russell went away disconsolate, and met his friend striding up and down, the passage, waiting for Dr.Rowlands to come out of the library.
"O Eric," he said, "how came you to write that paper ?" "Why, Russell, I did feel very much ashamed, and I would have explained it, and said so; but that Gordon spites me so.

It is such a shame; I don't feel now as if I cared one bit." "I am sorry you don't get on with him; but remember you have given him in this case good cause to suspect.

You never crib, Eric, I know, but I can't help being sorry that you wrote the paper." "But then Graham asked me to do it, and called me cowardly because I refused at first." "Ah, Eric," said Russell, "they will ask you to do worse things if you yield so easily.

I wouldn't say anything to Dr.Rowlands about it, if I were you." Eric took the advice, and, full of mortification, went home.

He gave his father a true and manly account of the whole occurrence, and that afternoon Mr.Williams wrote a note of apology and explanation to Mr.
Gordon.