"Come, Maurel," said the master, with an attempt at dignity; "come away
from ze fellows!"

Maurel was glad enough to do so. He had thought to frighten the youths
without the least trouble, but had been handled with such ease that even
after it was all over he wondered how it could have happened.

M. Montfort walked away with great dignity, and Maurel followed, talking
savagely and swiftly in French.

"Well, it wasn't very hard to settle them," grinned Browning.

"But we have not settled them," declared Frank. "There will be further
trouble with M. Rouen Montfort and his man Maurel."




CHAPTER III.

A FRESH YOUNG MAN.


Frank and his three friends bad a stateroom together. The tutor was
given a room with other parties.

The weather for the first two days was fine, and the young collegians
enjoyed every minute, not one of them having a touch of sea-sickness
till the third day.