He had better have remained silent, for Railsford dismissed whatever of mildness he had come armed with, and stood on his dignity.
"Don't be impertinent, Felgate; it will do you no good.

I want to know how it comes that your name appears here at the head of a list of entries for a sweepstake on a horse race, when you as a prefect know that gambling in any shape or form is strictly prohibited here ?" Felgate, taken back by this unexpected indictment, looked at the paper and laughed.
"I really don't know how my name comes there.

I can't be supposed to know why anybody who likes should write my name down on a piece of paper." "You mean to say that you never entered your name ?" asked Railsford, beginning to feel a sense of relief.
"Certainly not." "You were asked to do so?
What did you reply ?" "I haven't a notion.

I probably said, don't bother me--or do anything you like, or something of that sort." "Did you point out that it was against the rules ?" "No.

Is it against the rules?
There doesn't seem any harm in it, if fellows choose to do it.