When he left the office it was with a sensation of intense relief and with a resolve to apply himself so well to his studies as to keep himself and the Dean thereafter on the merest bowing acquaintance.

And he was, thus far, living up to his resolution; but as less than a week had gone by, perhaps his self-gratulation was a trifle early.

It may be that Cowan also was forced to confer with the Dean at about that time, for he too showed an unusual application to text-books, and as a result he and Paul saw each other less frequently.
On November 6th, one week after Neil's accident and just two weeks prior to the Robinson game, Erskine played Arrowden, and defeated her 11-0.
Neil, however, did not witness that contest, for, at the invitation of and in company with Devoe, he journeyed to Collegetown and watched Robinson play Artmouth.

Devoe had rather a bad knee, and was nursing it against the game with Yale at New Haven the following Saturday.

Two of the coaches were also of the party, and all were eager to get an inkling of the plays that Robinson was going to spring on Erskine.