human
Mr. Lowington, I protest against this decision, repeated Mr. Hamblin, angrily.
gpt
I feel obliged to say that there has been a great lack of judgment in managing this unpleasant business.
human
And I feel obliged to remind you, Mr. Hamblin, that I am the principal of this academy squadron. My decision is final,
gpt
Snubbed by the boys, snubbed by the principal! exclaimed the learned gentleman.
human
Dr. Winstock, did you ever witness a more ridiculous farce in your life?
gpt
Never, sir, replied the surgeon.
human
It seems to me that you insist upon condemning Captain Kendall, guilty or innocent.
gpt
I have no doubt whatever of his guilt. Those boys are all in league with each other, Kendall included. There is a conspiracy to annoy me, and to get rid of me; but they will find they have mistaken their man in me, if they haven't in anybody else! Dr. Winstock, I tell you the letter Duncan held in his hand was a fiction! I have been with students all my life, and I know them.
human
Why a fiction?
gpt
That Duncan, who is a very plausible young man, and a friend of Kendall, mind, is at the bottom of all this mischief. He wrote the Cologne letter himself. It was got up, and sent enclosed to the postmaster at Cologne, who of course forwarded it to Rotterdam. It is a trick to disprove the charge against Kendall.