At that point, Laura stood up too out of fear of being reprimanded.

“Yes,” he answered and walked away.

Now, Barbara had collected all the envelopes and apologized to the Cadets, “Thank you for your patience. It is not in our character.”

The Cadets were more interested in submitting their applications than in the apologies. They walked away happily at once.

Nevertheless, Bright joined George and they left.

“What happened? Where were the officers?” He asked.

“She went to the ...