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So Dan ordered , impartially : `` Mr. Darrin , you will place yourself on report for unauthorized talking in section ! '' Dave flushed still more hotly , but said nothing . Midshipman Dalzell now marched the section from the furnace room , and dismissed it . It was near noon , and would soon be time for the middies to eat . Dave hurried away , washed , changed his uniform , and then stepped away swiftly to place himself on the report . `` I was sorry to do that , old chum , '' murmured Dan , as he met Dave returning . `` But of course I could n't play favorites .