“Here! what does this mean?” stammered Codfish, as, after the light had been turned on, he and the others saw the two big snowballs resting on either side of the bed.
“Stowell, you must have had something to do with this,” cried Snopper Duke savagely.
“No, sir. Not at all, sir,” answered the sneak in a trembling voice. “I don’t know a thing about it.”
“Where did you come from just now?”
“I—I came up the back stairs. I was just coming through the corridor when I heard the noise and came to see what it meant.”
“The back stairs, eh?” put in Professor Grawson. “What were you doing on the back stairs this time in the evening?”
“I—I was down in the kitchen.” And now Codfish grew pale.
“And what called you to the kitchen?”
“I—I was hungry, and so I asked one of the servants for something to eat.” And now Codfish was fairly whining.
“Humph! didn’t you have any supper?”