Elliott drew a long breath as they crossed the campus in the fresh April sunshine , where the buds were swelling on the fine old chestnuts and elms that surrounded Marwood 's red brick walls . `` That has lifted a great weight off my mind , '' he said frankly . `` A good deal depended on my winning the Fraser . I could n't have come back next year if I had n't got it . That four hundred will put me through the rest of my course . '' `` That 's good , '' said Roger Brooks heartily . He liked Elliott Campbell , and so did all the Sophomores . Yet none of them was at all intimate with him . He had no chums , as the other boys had . He boarded alone , `` dug '' persistently , and took no part in the social life of the college . Roger Brooks came nearest to being his friend of any , yet even Roger knew very little about him . Elliott had never before said so much about his personal affairs as in the speech just recorded . `` I 'm poor -- woefully poor , '' went on Elliott gaily . His success seemed to have thawed his reserve for the time being . `` I had just enough money to bring me through the Fresh and Soph years by dint of careful management . Now I 'm stone broke , and the hope of the Fraser was all that stood between me and the dismal certainty of having to teach next year , dropping out of my class and coming back in two or three years ' time , a complete , rusty stranger again . Whew ! I made faces over the prospect . '' `` No wonder , '' commented Roger . `` The class would have been sorry if you had had to drop out , Campbell .
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