"No."
"Why, what did you do with it?"
"I didn't do anything with it."
"William Dexter Norton! what do you mean?"
'JUST LOOK HERE!' SAID WILLY'S SWEET VOICE.
Everybody had stopped eating, and was staring out at Willy, who was staring in. His happy little red face had suddenly turned sober.
"Come in, Sonny, an' we'll see what all the trouble's about, an' straighten it out in a jiffy," spoke up Grandpa. The contrast between Grandpa's slow tones and the "jiffy" was very funny.