The miscreants

er and unlike the other nights during exams, we were in the hostel. Everyone was happy because the

now if they would be expelled or be pardoned. Also, they did not know if their cases had gone to the higher

t was noisy as friends were c

descended on the hostel like th

. As usual, all eyes went to the do

he S.P?" aske

caling you" I quickiy got up to answer the call a

rnest Melvin?

er, Todd, came in with stern looks. "Let no on

bout to leave, but Sir Todd b

e, I only came to collect someth

Sir Todd's face

lf, said Jesse who persisted u

to meet the teacher. Sir Pedro

onio was also in my hostel that hour, so they took him also

ing radio sets in this hoste

Craig Alan who were the Suspects but the sets could not

nd a deadly sil

" Sir Herbert said more ster

rd. This was a policy among the students never to reveal any culprit even if they knew th

ors were dreaded ones who ha

ned to be in the category of those whose had influence on oth

he radio set offence, he was also accused of linking boys and girls in illicit love affairs, an offence in a mission school like

t was courtesy o

swer their question. But silence continu

verybody one after the other, beginning

veryone will tell us what he knows concernin

while Sir Todd, the Hostel Master, was sitting

d Shawn, and innocent student, who was just

nate, "Tell us all you know conc

eak as all eyes focused on him. B

could say Jack Robinson, anot

urn after Sir Robins

ane they gave to each student.

Daniel, Shawn uttered as he writhed in a

have you personally seen and heard the s

r it in Daniel's corner and in

, I have not heard it since t

id you he

t week

at could be the time he heard it last. But I was sure that I

lu

use he was sleeping in the bed by the hostel door. Because of my ceaseless disturbance on Daniel and Clare

they would put it off. On one oc

volume. His friends, as usua

in this hostel?" One of them, Edwin Vernon started shouting and singing an uncoordinated so

ly that it had been concealed by

Shawn, having got fro

ome here", sa

ard dressed in

, the mast

, he an

e and maintain discipline as well as orderiness among the students under you and make them obe

monized in his

adio you play In your c

was Iweka Antonio who seized it from a junior

me not to use it anymore so th

o the boy", Da

Sir Pedro pried into Antonio's suspecte

in my heart at the cunningly devised tales that these guys

ced Clarence who claimed that he had given hi

ho

should go and ask Pastor Reb

was his wife th

be aware", C