“It’s probably a joke,” Chips commented. He wished fervently that the bank employee would leave and be done with his prying questions. Once he was out of the way, the Cubs could organize an intensive search!
“You boys seem to know what is meant by Robin Hood’s Strong Box. I rather think you’re trying to keep something from me.”
“There’s nothing mysterious about it,” Brad said, reluctantly deciding to reveal the hiding place. “Robin Hood’s Strong Box is merely a name we gave to a niche in the fireplace.”
“Inside the Castle?”
“Well, yes.”
“Then you have been roving around inside again?”
“No, we haven’t,” Brad replied indignantly. “We found the hiding place long ago.”
“Show it to me,” the bank employee requested.
The Cubs would have preferred to do their investigating in his absence. But there was no escape.
Unwillingly, they walked with him back to the Castle. Dan noticed that the broken window had not yet been repaired and remarked about it.