Chapter 2

This represents Mr. Patch-Withers laughing at one of Finny's jokes at tea.

This represents the tea that they drank while Finny talked to Mr. Patch-Withers.

This picture represents Mr. Prud'homme because he dresses very formally.


This picture represents the 2 person dorm room Gene and Finny shared.

The Following morning Gene and i woke up to the knowledge that our absence at dinner was noticed. Mr. Prud'homme then stopped at our door to punish us. Gene referred to him as, "the clean-washed shine of summer mornings in the north country(14)." Mr. Prud'homme was not careless like the other Devon masters because he is a substitute, he has broad shoulders with a grey business suit. When he began to ask us questions i did all the talking because i really know how to handle situations like this. I explained to him that we were swimming in the river, then a wrestling match, also a sunset that i explained "anybody would want to watch(14)." I began to go on and on with my story creating confusion for Mr. Prud'homme. I could tell Gene was impressed with how i was able to go on and on with my created story and make Mr. Prud'homme less angered. At the end, he began to say, "If you hadn't already missed nine meals in the last two weeks...(14)," he gave up. Its not that I really wanted to be forgiven for missing dinner, its that i could see that Mr. Prud'homme was pleased. I told him that we just had to jump out of that tree, and we then became friendly with each other completely forgetting the punishment for our actions. I explained to him that we wanted to be ready is they ever lowered the draft ages because we were going to be seventeen at the end of the summer. Mr. Prud'homme just stared at me in amazement which was what I was aiming to do, he soon just walked out of the room. The whole facility has seemed to grow a liking to me. They are astonished at the fact that i am able to have so much respect for the school but at the same time able to disobey the regulations in contains. That day i chose to wear a bright pink shirt which represented the emblem for the celebration of the first allied bombing of central Europe. Gene seemed to envy the fact that i was able to get away with wearing such a vibrant color that would seem to look somewhat "homosexual". That day at tea i decided to show my conversation skills with the sub headmaster Mr. Patch-Withers. We discussed the bombings in Europe. As we were talking about this event his wife discovered i had been using my tie as a belt. Mr. Withers seemed as though he was waiting for an explanation so i explained it to him and got away with it, even able to get a laugh out of him. Gene and i leave and i suggest to jump out of the tree again. We go and I'm waiting for Gene to jump when he suddenly attempts to walk back from on the branch. He trips and as he falls i catch him. After we decide to make a club called the "Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session.