“Who told you that?” he asked slowly.
“She did—and she wants it back.”
“Humph! Did she send you to me?”
“No, I volunteered to come.”
“Want to worry me into doing something, I suppose,” and the Pornell Academy student tried to put a sneer into his tone.
“I simply want you to give the bracelet back, that’s all. You’ve got to do it.”
“I did give the bracelet back.”
“You did! To-day?”
“No, two or three weeks ago. I didn’t want her old bracelet. I simply took it to tease her, that’s all.”
“You gave the bracelet back two or three weeks ago?” said Jack, slowly. “She told me yesterday that you still had it.”