At last the decision came: ‘Refuse, all of you, to keep the watch; and when they begin to beat you, which they are sure to do, go, as many of you as you can, in a block, and call in Girardot.
This quote captures a moment of rebellion where students decide to refuse an unjust task and stand together against authority.
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