And so the party was then and there arranged for New London's big day.
CHAPTER XV
REGATTA DAY
Peggy and Polly scrambled out of bed the morning of the Yale-Harvard
crew race, to find all the world sparkling and cool with a stiff breeze
from the Sound. It was a wonderful day and already the sight presented
in the bay was enough to thrill the dullest soul. During the five days
in which "Navy Bungalow," as it had been promptly named by the young
people, had been occupied by the congenial party from Annapolis, old
friendships had strengthened and new ones ripened, and a happier
gathering of people beneath one roof it would have been hard to find.
Perfect freedom was accorded every one, and the boys who had just
graduated soon found their places with the older officers, for the
transition, once the diploma is won, is a swift one. As passed
midshipmen and "sure enough" junior officers, they had an established
position impossible during their student days in the Academy.
The boys on the practice cruise also felt a greater degree of liberty,
and the fact that they were the proteges of Commander Harold and Captain
Stewart gave them an entree everywhere.
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