Hugh cut chapel the next morning, but there was French at ten and Greek at eleven and mathematics at one, and so it wasn’t possible to remain in retirement. Bert consoled him with the assurance that except for a badly discolored eye he would pass muster anywhere as an ardent pacifist. Hugh couldn’t quite credit that, but he had no course but to attend classes. His appearance created interest and aroused curiosity among his classmates, while Mr. Teschner observed him speculatively but asked no questions. Plenty of questions were asked, however, and Hugh’s ingenuity was sorely taxed in accounting for his contusions without involving Longley. By the afternoon, though, the facts were pretty widely known, probably due to the communicativeness of Peet, and Hugh was no longer required to invent. He and Longley had their first face-to-face encounter in the field house before practice. If either experienced sensations of embarrassment they failed to show it. Longley nodded to Hugh and Hugh nodded back, and that was all there was to it except that each took surreptitious views of the other’s countenance and, possibly, derived a certain satisfaction from what he saw. To be sure, Bert had slightly exaggerated the damage to Longley, but his nose _was_ noticeably enlarged and there _was_ a generous-sized place on the left cheek where the skin was missing. Peet, perhaps conscious of having talked too much, admired Hugh from a discreet distance that day. Although the first was due for a stiff contest on the morrow, Mr. Bonner had no pity on them today and they were put through a long siege of elementary work and two fifteen-minute periods with the second during which, with the head coach driving them mercilessly, they managed to score three touchdowns and would have held their opponents safe had not Neil Ayer fortunately dropped a goal from the first team’s eighteen yards after a well-managed forward pass that caught their enemies napping. After practice Coach Crowley announced that there would be no work for the second the next day and that all who wished to accompany the first team to Leeds to see the game with Hollywood would be taken along free of charge, since the morrow’s contest was the only one played away from home that season. Needless to say, the second team to a fellow declared their intention of profiting by the generosity of the Athletic Association. However, when the train left the next forenoon the entire roster was not present. A few were so unfortunate as to have morning recitations which, for reasons that we will not inquire into too closely, they dared not cut. Still, most of them did make the trip, Hugh among them, and were well repaid by witnessing a close and hotly contested game.