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With Stover's return after the Christmas vacation the full significance of the society dominion burst over him. The night that the hold-offs were to be given, there was a little joking at the club table, but it was only lip-deep. The crisis was too vital. Chris Schley and Troutman, who were none too confident, were plainly nervous.
Stover and McCarthy walked home directly to their rooms, and took up the next day's lessons as a convenient method of killing time.