Tom Fairfield at Sea

"Where to now, Jack?" "Oh, I just thought I'd run into town and see what's going on, Tom. Want to come along?" "I'd like to-but this Latin-" "Oh, bother the Latin!" and Jack Fitch, the chum and roommate of Tom Fairfield, snatched the book from the scarcely resisting grasp of his friend. "Come along. You're up well enough. Besides, we haven't that old tyrant Skeel to deal with now in the classics."