"Have you been up since you went to bed?" demanded Mr. Grant.
"I don't know," replied Richard, vacantly, as though the whole matter was as much a mystery to him as to the others.
"Where were you when the alarm was given?"
"Out on the roof of the conservatory."
"On the roof!" exclaimed his father. "How came you there?"
"I don't know," answered Richard, shaking his head.
"Don't you know any thing about it?"
"No, sir. I woke up, and heard some one halloo, Robbers! thieves! I was close by the window, and I jumped in, and hallooed with the rest of them."
"Were you standing on the roof?"
"No, I was flat on my face."