'You're right again!' he cried. 'Come, let's get down to business. What's your idea about this robbery?'
'About the same as yours, I fancy.'
'And what's that?'
I took out my notebook, wherein I had jotted down the most important items of testimony elicited from the Lausch attendants, saying:
'Get out your notes, Dave; let's see how they agree.' Dave produced his own briefer notes, and I began running my finger slowly down the pages.
'It was done during the day.'
'Of course!' impatiently.
'And slowly—that is, a little at a time.'
'How slowly?'
'Well, for instance, Lausch himself told of a young woman who was much taken with the pink topaz display—you remember?'