“It is so awkward,” said Mr Rebble. “We can’t write and ask the party if either of them took a watch by mistake. Stop! I have it.”
“The watch?” cried Mr Hasnip eagerly.
“No. Wait till he comes back, and I think I can explain it all.”
We had not long to wait before Burr major came back to us.
“No, sir,” he said. “I’ve looked everywhere; it isn’t in my room.”
“Then I think I can help you,” said Mr Rebble. “What jacket and vest are those you have on?”
“My third best, sir.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes, sir,” said Burr major wonderingly.
“Look at them,” continued Mr Rebble. “Are they really your own things, and not the clothes of one of our visitors taken by mistake, and he has taken yours.”