“Agreed,” said I.
“Agreed,” chimed in Dorothy, “provided you’ll take me with you. But I won’t go through another afternoon like this for anybody.”
CHAPTER XV
I was just dropping off to sleep that night when I heard a sharp rap at my door. Jumping up, I opened it, and Tom rushed in.
“I’ve just thought of something, Jim. The hinges did disappear from that blind. We struck the wrong house to-day, but we mustn’t give up on that account. Suppose you go back again to the lodging house in the morning, and see if you can get any more light.”
“Sure thing,” I answered. “But now, for heaven’s sake, let me go to sleep.”
“Of course,” said Tom, in an aggrieved tone. “But I thought you’d want to hear about that as soon as I struck it.”
“Sure thing,” I repeated again. “Only, now I know about it, go to bed, and let me do the same.” My head touched the pillow as I heard the sound of the closing door, and then I slept the clock around.