“There’s nothing to do,” Henrietta returned, evidently dissuaded from all action by the mention of the police.
“If I might look around the room a bit, miss?” Oscar ventured.
Henrietta nodded, and the alert youth started on a tour of investigation.
“Don’t touch nothin’,” Hollis growled. He stood, with stern eyes glaring at the eager searcher.
“Why not?”
“It’s against the law—”
“Oh, Hollis,” and Miss Webb frowned at him. “This is not a criminal case!”
“How do you know it ain’t, Miss Webb?”
Ignoring him, Henrietta watched the other.
Without touching anything, Oscar made a very intelligent and quick search of conditions.