The following morning our absence from dinner was noticed. Mr. Prud'homme stopped by our door. He had broad shoulders, and he wore a gray business suit. He had inforced the rules and well missing dinner was one of them. Finny tried to explain to them that we had been swimming in the river and that there had been a wrestleing match as well. I remembered his words ''If you hadnt already missed nine meals in the last two weeks''. I remembered the disipointed look upon his face. Finny began to tell him what really happened. " The real reason sir,was that we just had to jump off a tree. He tried to explain that they had to because they were getting ready for the war.
He was saying that he was worried that the drafting age could be lowered to seventeen and him and i would be that age by the end of the summer. Finny had even looked at it from a sexual point of veiw as well. I rememered how wild and careless we were then. I mean we were sixteen year old boys. Phineas was surprisingly unconcerned about the war. It never seemed to affect him in any way. I remembered that summer perfectly.
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