“One story is ours and the other is Callahan’s,” answered Sumner, quickly. “They can’t hang together if Callahan lies.”

Pete whispered into Sumner’s ear, “Ask Thorne about it!”

“Ask him yourself!”

Talbot got upon his feet. “We’ve been answering questions for a while, now I think it’s our turn to ask a few. I want Thorne to tell us whether we recognized any signals on his side of the line.”

“Yes,” answered Thorne.

“How many?”

“I am sure of one, the play outside tackle.”

“Was it in the first or last part of the game?”

“The last.”

“Was it an old signal or a new one?”