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But even this glory did not seem to be worth much ; for since the fight , he realized that he had whipped a bigger fellow than Nevers . For a week , in school and out , Richard was true to himself , and behaved nobly . More times than we have room to record , during this period , he got the better of his ever-familiar foe , and every new victory improved his _ morale _ and added to his _ prestige _ . At this point in his school career , the students were ordered to perform the usual round of camp duty ; and at eight o'clock in the morning , the battalion took up the line of march for the appointed place , at the other end of Tunbrook Lake , distant ten miles by the road . Camping out was a great event at Tunbrook , and the students looked forward to it with pleasant anticipations for weeks . The principal was shrewd in his policy , and no one knew when it would take place till it was announced , only a day or two before the march . By this plan he prevented any diversion of the thoughts from the lessons .