“Who was with him?”
“A man named Ralph Temple.”
“What do you say to this, Mr. Thompson?” asked the lawyer.
Vernon turned to Harry.
“Where were you at the time?” he asked.
“In a tree just overhead,” answered Harry, undauntedly.
“I was a fool not to look more carefully about me,” he said. “What is your name?”
“Harry Gilbert.”
“Then, Mr. Harry Gilbert, I owe you a debt which, sooner or later, I shall manage to pay.”
“Take him away,” said the lawyer to the detectives, “and then come back to me for instructions.”