“Gee! it’s a cinch,” declared Patsy, from the opposite side of the table.
“Have you other reasons for thinking so, Nick?” Chick questioned.
“Yes.”
“Namely?”
“Notice these undergarments and stockings,” said Nick. “All of them are new, or very nearly so. I am convinced that none of them have been worn.”
“Why are you so sure of it?”
“Here are Pauline’s button boots,” Nick went on. “Compare the size with the size of the stockings. The stockings are two sizes larger than the boots. Who ever heard of a girl buying hosiery larger than her shoes?”
“By Jove, you are right,” said Chick, carefully inspecting both.
“It was a mistake she made—another devil’s gapway.”
“And you infer from this that she has worn none of the other garments?”