"Oh, I say, Randolph, you know better than that. Haven't I
always stood up for you, and done whatever you wanted me to?"
"If you were my friend you wouldn't stand up for Luke."
"I am not a friend of his, and I am a friend of yours, but I
don't want him to go to prison."
"I do, if he deserves it."
"I don't believe he does deserve it."
"That is what I complain of in you."
"The fact is, Randolph, you expect too much. If you want
to break friendship, all right."
Randolph was amazed at this unexpected independence on the
part of one whom he regarded as his bond slave; but, being hardly
prepared to part with him, especially as his other follower, Tom
Harper, had partially thrown off his allegiance, thought it prudent
to be satisfied with Sam's expressions of loyalty, even if they
did not go as far as he wished.
Randolph missed Luke at school on the day after the trial.
Of course, he had no idea that our hero was out of school, and
hastily concluded that on account of his trial he was ashamed
to show himself.
"I don't wonder he doesn't want to show himself," he remarked
to Tom Harper.
"Why not? He has been acquitted.
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