"Yes sir."

"What did Mr. Prescott do with the handkerchief when it was returned
to him."

"My recollection, sir, is that Mr. Prescott took his handkerchief
without examining it, and thrust it into his blouse."

"Are you sure that he did so?"

"I cannot state it with absolute certainty, sir. It is my best
recollection, sir."

Bert Dodge had sat through this testimony trying to look unconcerned.
Yet around the corners of his mouth played a slight, greenish
pallor. The testimony of the cadets had not been looked for to
be very important. Now, however, the president of the court regretted
that he had not excluded from the room all of three cadet witnesses
except the one under examination.

Cadet Gray was next called. He was able to testify only that,
while at the blackboard, Mr. Dunstan had stood on one side of
Cadet Prescott and the present witness on the other side. Mr.
Gray was strongly of the belief that, had Prescott been slyly
using a written crib, he (Gray) would have noted the fact. Mr.
Gray had not been a witness to the handkerchief-loaning incident
before formation of sections.

"Cadet Dodge!"