"A fish!" exclaimed the master.
"Y-yes, sir."
"What do you mean, Morton, by having a fish in your desk?"
"I—I don't know, sir."
"You don't know? Don't you know where the fish came from?"
Chet Morton, for all his jokes, always told the truth. He did know where the fish came from.
"Yes, sir," he answered feebly.
"Where?"
"Hogan's butcher shop."
"Did you buy it?"