At once Sam
showed himself.
"It's quite a climb, but I reckon I can make it," said the youngest
Rover.
Waiting to hear no more, Tom hurried below, followed by Fred, and
mingled with the crowd of students entering the mess hall.
Many of the boys were talking about the quarrel between Sam and Tubbs,
and all condemned the actions of Jasper Grinder.
"He ought to have set them to doing extra lessons; that would have been
punishment enough," said one of the big boys, who was captain of Company
A of the students for that term.
This opinion was that held by the majority. Several of the boys came to
Tom to learn what he had to say. But he merely shrugged his shoulders.
"Wait and we'll see what we will see," he said
"Rover's got a card up his sleeve, that's as sure as you're born," said
one of the students, and winked at Tom. But Tom only looked wise and
turned away.
When the students sat down to eat it was noticed that Dick's chair was
vacant.
"Master Thomas Rover, do you know anything of your brother Richard?"
asked an under-teacher.
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