noon
I 'll see you through . '' Bert had a good many doubts about his thrashing `` him all right enough , '' but he was still too angry to think calmly , and , moreover , he was not a little elated at the surprising success of his first blow , which , although struck at a venture , had gone so straight to the mark , and so he nodded his head in assent . `` Very well , then , it 's a fight , '' said Teter to Rod . `` In the yard at the noon recess . You bring your second , Graham ; I 'll look after Bert myself . '' The words were hardly uttered when the bell rung , and the boys had all to hurry to their places in the schoolroom . That morning was one of the most miserable poor Bert had ever spent .