So he swallowed hard and replied: "Very good, then, Mr.Prescott.

I shall hold you responsible for anything you publish that I may consider harmful to me." Dick did print an account of the trouble at school.

He confined himself to a statement of the facts that he had observed with his own eyes.

Editorially "The Blade" printed a comment to the effect that such scenes would have been impossible under the much-missed Dr.Thornton.
Mr.Cantwell didn't have anything disagreeable to say to Dick Prescott the next morning.

Purcell took up the burden of his studies again without comment.