"Who are you?" asked the girl, making a move to pass the boys.
"I brought the baby down from the room in the extension, and you took him from me and thanked me very much. You remember this? You said you would lose your place if the baby had been burned."
"Ah, then you are the young gentleman so brave who save the babee from being burn? Ah, yes, that was very brave. The ladee give you the reward, yes? That was very good."
"Yes, but what about the watch? You need not be afraid. The owner has been found."
"An, yes, and you find the watch in your pocket? That is very droll!" and the girl began to laugh.
"Yes, it was very funny," said Jack, "but how did it get there?"
"I put it there, me, myself. I am afraid to carry so fine a watch and I wish to get rid of him. When you give me the baby and are tangle in the blanket I put him in your pocket."
"The baby?" laughed Percival.
"The babee?" said the girl with a look of scorn. "No, the watch.
How I can put the babee in the boy pocket? That is stupid.
It is easy to do when I am so close to the boy and he not know
it. You have the watch then. You are be arrest, yes?"
"No, I was not arrested, and I found an owner for it. Your friend tried to get it, but I had heard him say that he had stolen it, and I would not give it up."