"I might accuse you of doing the same thing to me, only I know you didn't get up in the middle of the night to play hide and seek with a boy—"
"Then what does this mean? Answer me instantly!"
"I can do so easily. The fact is, I heard somebody prowling around.
The slight noise awakened me—"
"I should think it might," snarled Professor Zepplin.
"And, without waiting to dress, I slipped out—"
"And led me a nice chase. Look at me. There isn't a spot on my body that isn't black and blue. And to think I've been running around here in my bare feet trying to catch you—"
"You haven't entirely. You were chasing the same thing that I was," answered Tad thoughtfully.
"What's that? What's that you say?"
"I mean that somebody was here—somebody who had no business to be here."
"You mean—"