"Oh, well, perhaps there won't be any more of it.

Of course, I am already deprived of all privileges.
But then, I never care to go into Annapolis, and I am never invited to officers' quarters, anyway, so the loss of privileges doesn't mean so very much.

It's the big danger of losing my chance to remain here at the Naval Academy that is worrying me." Yet outwardly, to others, Dave Darrin was patient.

His surplus irritation he vented in extraordinary effort in the gymnasium, where he was making a remarkable record for himself.
But of course his worries were reflected in his studies and recitations.
Dave was dropping steadily.

He seemed soon destined to reach the "wooden section" in math.