A Separate Peace chaper 3

"My God! So I really did it. you know what? i thought i was goign to do it. (John Knowles 43)

Finny’s athletic ability surprises Gene and himself as he shatters the school swimming record. A. Hopkins Parker was the last member of the Devon school to set the record. He graduated before Finny and Gene has arrived at Devon. Finny was outraged that no one had surpassed this record since then. He and Gene located a stopwatch which was used to determine if Finny could overcome Hopkins’ standard. Finny rose to the challenge and defeated Hopkins’ record by .7 seconds. This surprised finny and left Gene to be in a state of, what he refers to as shock on page forty-five. Finny was not a swimmer and he had broken the school swimming record without any prior practice.

Question: Will Finny and Gene be punished for leaving the school campus?