"Where were you, young gentlemen, when the end of recess bell rang this morning!"
No one being addressed, no one answered.
"Where were you, Mr. Purcell?"
"Swimming at Foster's Pond, sir."
"All of you?"
"All of us, sir, I think."
"Whose idea was it?"
"As I remember, sir, the idea belonged to us all."
"Who made the first proposal?"
"That would be impossible to say, now, sir."