“I heard the gun go off and then I felt a pain in my arm. I touched it and saw it was bleeding. Then I ran and that is all I know.”
“I want to know a lot more than that,” said Gillett sternly. “Your story won’t hold water. What were you doing there in the first place? Why did you go there?”
“I went there to look for the money. I thought there was no one at home and I meant to look for it in the garden round about.”
“Did you take a spade with you?” asked Gillett.
“What would I want to do that for?” asked Tom.
“Well, you can’t dig without a spade,” said Gillett.
“There’s spades enough in the barn,” said Tom.
“You meant to dig for the money?”
“Yes.”
“Where?”