The cadets to whom Dodge had been talking bitterly looked at Bert curiously.

A good many men in the corps would have promptly resented such remarks as Furlong's, and to the limit, by calling him out.
"Queer how many friends, of some kinds, a fellow like Prescott can have," laughed Dodge sneeringly.
"Not at all," spoke up one of Dodge's listeners.

"Everyone always knows where Prescott stands, and he'll back up anything he says.
Furlong is another man of the same stamp." With that the last speaker turned on his heel and walked away.
For some days after that, Bert Dodge was more careful of his utterances.
The general reviews came and passed.

By sheer hard, undistracted work, both Dick and Greg succeeded in pulling through without having to go up for writs.

For some reason Dodge did not do quite as well in the general review, and was forced to drop down a couple of sections.