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Neil Durant spoke sincerely when he said : `` I do n't know when I 've had such a good Sunday , and as for the dinner -- I could talk a week about it . '' While Teeny-bits and the football captain were spending the afternoon in Hamilton , two of their schoolmates , Campbell and Bassett , were using their time , as it seemed to them , to no little advantage . Campbell had telephoned to his mother and had persuaded her to send the family automobile -- a heavy , seven-passenger machine -- to the school for him . The chauffeur brought it to a stop in front of Gannett Hall at twelve o'clock and Campbell had the satisfaction of ordering the driver to take the rear seat and , with Bassett at his side , of piloting the big car out of the campus . He went by the most roundabout way and cut the corners of the gravel drives at a pace that was intended to make the Ridgleyites who were lounging in the dormitory windows sit up and take notice . After a spin out through Greensboro they arrived at the Campbell place in time for dinner and Bassett had an opportunity to see the `` got-rich-quick '' pictures and to eat from plates that were lavishly decorated in the best style of the shops that cater to the tastes of those persons whose family crest is the dollar sign . Bassett thought it was `` grand and gorgeous '' and he made a mental note of several things that he intended to have duplicated in his own home at the next available opportunity .