"If you didn't, who did?" sneered the purser.
"Perhaps you did yourself."
"Me!"
"Yes."
"You are crazy, boy! Why should I do such a thing?"
"To get me into trouble. You hate me and want to injure me, that's why."
"Nonsense. You stole these things, it is useless for you to deny it."
"But I do deny it. I am no more a thief than you are—maybe not as much of a one," added Randy, significantly.
At these words the purser turned pale for a moment. But he quickly recovered.
"I shall report this to the captain."