"Well, I dare say that you fellows are right in advising milder
measures," admitted Jordan at last. "Of course, though I try
not to let my personal feelings enter into this at all, yet I
suppose I can't keep my sense of outraged class dignity wholly
untainted by my personal feelings. Besides, the 'silence' for
a week will doubtless cover all the needs of the case, and I don't
bear the fellow any personal grudge, or I try not to."
"That's a sensible, manly view, Jordan," chimed in Brown, "and
it does you credit as a gentleman and a man of honor. Now, you
know, it's a fearful thing for a man who has reached the first
class to have to drop his Army career at the last moment. So
we'll try to bring the majority of the class around to the idea
of the week's 'silence.'"
"Now, lest it appear as though I were actuated by personal motives,"
continued Jordan, "I'll have to stand back and let you fellows do
the talking with the other men of the class."
"That's all right," nodded Durville. "We wholly understand the
delicacy of your position, and we can attend to it all right.
Besides, all we have to do, anyway, is to ascertain how the class
feels on the matter."
"Don't let it be lost sight of, though," begged Jordan, almost
betraying his over anxiety, "that it is a serious matter of class
dignity and honor."
"We won't, old man," promised Durville, as the visitors rose.
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