"That's right," said Harry.
"And when you woke up you felt mischievous, and caught that little beetle to put in my ear."
"That's wrong," said Harry sturdily.
"Why, I felt it directly it was in; and you must have done it."
"Oh, of course, because beetles have no legs to crawl, and no wings to fly, and you weren't lying ear upward so that it could drop in off the roof."
"You may argue as long as you like, and as I was asleep, of course I couldn't quite tell how you did it; but there's the beetle. See?"
"Oh yes, I can see," said Harry thoughtfully; "but I didn't put it there. It got into your ear while I was away."
"Oh, Hal!"
"And oh, Phra!"
"To say you were coming back when you were just going to slip away!"