"When was this?"
"About two o'clock."
"Two witnesses have sworn they saw you come out of the thicket shortly before sun-down."
"That was on my way home. I tried again to get Curly to hunt up the cap."
"How do you account for the cap's being found at the upper edge of the thicket?"
"I cannot account for it."
"Could the dog have carried it that far in the time before he returned?"
"I do not think so—I am certain not."
"How do you account for the holes?"
"They might have been the marks of Curley's teeth," said Mr. Kincaid doubtfully.