“That’s what I intend to find out,” said Joe, with a chuckle of amusement. “I bet they’ll be surprised to see me.”
Jim stared at him for a minute, then chuckled in his turn.
“Never thought of that,” he said. “I suppose they’ve had it all fixed up in their own minds that you were caught in the raid.”
Joe nodded.
“And it’s just due to the barest chance in the world,” he added seriously, “that I wasn’t.”
Jim considered this new angle of the case for a moment.
“Just what would you have done, Joe, if the police had found you in that place?” he asked.
“I’d have told them the truth, of course. What else could I have done?”
“Do you think they would have believed you?” asked Jim.