noon
Frank did not pass a very happy day . He mingled of necessity with the Banbury groups during the studies , but only for an occasional glowering look from Gill Mace 's discolored eye and some suppressed sneers from Banbury , Durkin and others of their crowd , there was no allusion made to the cause of the fight . However , there were mysterious whisperings going on at times . Some boys with whom Frank was not well acquainted shied off from him at noon time , and Frank knew that the poison of Mace 's insinuations was working among the general school group . Frank was in his room at four o'clock , and promptly at the hour Ned Foreman put in an appearance . Frank set aside his troubles and greeted him in a friendly manner . He locked the door and gave his visitor a comfortable chair .