as trying to wreak his studies, so he said no. Finny took no offense and went along like nothing happened, but Gene couldn't stand saying no to Finny and went anyway. Now he was enraged on the inside because he knew that Finny was not trying to wreak his studies and really is perfect. When at the tree, he was still sore at Finny and when he was about to jump, Gene shook the limb, Finny Lost balance, fell and shattered his leg. Never to play sports again. Now Gene had a new enemy: Guilt. Gene knows that he has broken Finny's leg, it is all his fault, his best friend can never play sports again because of him. All his fault. This is really eating at him and he denies it to everyone except himself. Gene tries to tell Finny that he jostled the limb and made him fall in the infirmary but the doctor came in and interrupted. Later, in the fall, Gene visited Finny at his home and told him that he did actually cause him too fall but Finny doesn't want to hear any of those words being spoken from Gene's lips so he doesn't let him say anything else about the tree incident. Now well into the winter session, Brinker, a friend of Genes, comes into his room and Gene gets nervous thinking that Brinker new that he had caused Finny's accident, because of that Gene suggested they go to the butt room, a drab room where smoking was allowed only to be confronted by a bunch of "the fellas" jokingly trying to get Gene to say that he caused the accident, Gene panicked, played along but could not bring himself to say that he actually did push Finny out of the tree. Finny had gone home for a time because of his shattered leg but soon returned to Devon. The day after he returned, he wanted Gene to cut class and help him take a "tour" of Devon; refamiliarizing himself with the place. Although he was not the kind to cut class, Gene agreed. In a few days we find out that among all the boys at Devon, the first one to enlist in the army is Leper, the nerd. Leper had en...
