"Oh, pa, who told you any such wicked story about me?"
"Go downstairs and ask Ellen to come up here."
Loammi would willingly have been excused from doing this, but he knew there was no alternative.
When Ellen appeared, Mr. Little said: "Do you remember the evening when the pocketbook was found in Master Scott's room?"
"Yes, sir."
"Had Scott been in his room that evening?"
"I think not, sir."
"Had any one else been in the room?"
"I saw Loammi coming out from the room about half-past eight."