“I’m sure I don’t know. Did you leave it here?”
“I certainly did. I remember now, I put it on the pile of handkerchiefs just before I went to last lecture. Then I came in here, to go out to keep my date, and I didn’t have it. I was going to slip it in my pocket when I was called to the ’phone. Look here, here’s the impression of it in the handkerchiefs,” and Dunk pointed to a round depression in the pile of soft linen squares. It was just the shape of a watch.
“It was there,” said Dunk slowly, looking at Andy.
“And now it’s gone,” finished his roommate. Then he remembered several things, and his start of surprise made Dunk look at his chum in a strange way.
“What’s the matter?” asked Dunk.
“I’ll tell you in a minute,” said Andy. “I want to think a bit.”