Here's a short story:

CHAPTER VII 

PEPPER MAKES A DISCOVERY 

"You do not--er--wish me present?" came rather awkwardly from Josiah Crabtree. 

"Oh, that won't matter, Mr. Crabtree," answered George Strong. "I did not desire any of the cadets present, that was all." 

"I do not care to intrude----" commenced the dictatorial teacher. 

"As you please," answered Mr. Strong, with a shrug of his shoulders. 

At first Josiah Crabtree was inclined to stand on his dignity and walk off, but his curiosity got the better of him and he followed Captain Putnam and George Strong into another office. 

"I went after Coulter and Paxton, as you directed me," said the second assistant teacher, when they were alone, and the door had been closed. "At first I could not find them, but at last I located Paxton and then Coulter. Where do you suppose they were?" 

"I have no idea," answered Captain Putnam. 

"Paxton was under the window of the office, listening to all that was going on. He was partly hidden behind a bush, so that nobody might see him." 

"Indeed! That is not to his credit. And Coulter?" 

"Coulter was at another window, talking to Ritter. Ritter was giving him some instructions, and as I came up unnoticed I heard Ritter say, 'Now, don't make a mess of it. Tell the story just as I told it, and be sure to stick to it that Ruddy hit me first, and tell Nick to stick to that, too.' Those were his very words." 

"Is it possible! And what did Coulter say?"  (End of story)

Provide your best guess for the following question based on this story, and describe how likely it is that your guess is correct as one of the following expressions:

Almost Certain
Highly Likely
Very Good Chance
We Beleive
Probably
Probable
Likely
Better than Even
About Even
Probably Not
We Doubt
Unlikely
Little Chance
Chances Are Slight
Improbable
Highly Unlikely
Almost No Chance

Give ONLY the guess and your confidence, no other words or explanation. For example:

Guess: <most likely guess, as short as possible; not a complete sentence, just the guess!>
Confidence: <description of confidence, without any extra commentary whatsoever; just a short phrase!>

Here are a few examples of questions and answers:

Question: Who was the second teacher looking for?
Guess: Coulter and Paxton
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Did he find them?
Guess: yes
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Right away?
Guess: no
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Who was found first?
Guess: Paxton
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Where was he?
Guess: under the window of the office
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: What was he using for cover?
Guess: a bush
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Where was Coulter?
Guess: at another window
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: What was he doing?
Guess: talking to Ritter
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Were they planning out a lie?
Guess: yes
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Who was doing the talking?
Guess: Ritter
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Who does he say threw the first punch?
Guess: Ruddy
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Who else should tell this story?
Guess: NIck
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Who came up with the story?
Guess: Ritter
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: What is Crabtree's job?
Guess: teacher
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Does he was to go to the meeting/
Guess: no
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Did he go?
Guess: yes
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Why?
Guess: his curiosity got the better of him
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Who else is in the meeting?
Guess: Captain Putnam and George Strong
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Now answer the following question in the same format.

Question: Who did George want to exclude from the meeting?

the cadets