"Why, it didn't. The man thought——"
"But you said he was cooler. He even pulled up the cover on the bed!"
"Certainly. He got the impression——"
"Who?"
"The man. He thought——"
"How could he think if he was asleep, Shadow?"
"I didn't say he thought in his sleep. I said——"
"Well, he went to bed anyhow, didn't he?"
"Of course. But when he opened the bookcase door——"
"Oh, I see, it was a refrigerator in disguise. Why didn't you tell us that before,—how the block of ice fell out on the man's left front toe and injured his spine so he couldn't sing any more?" finished Dave, and then a laugh arose, in the midst of which Shadow made a playful pass as if to box Dave's ear.