“Yes, he promised to keep it dark. I really didn’t think there was any harm, you know, as he is a prefect.”
“You think he has taken the things, then?”
“Must have,” said Arthur. “I don’t know why, though; I’ll go and ask him.”
“You had better not,” said Railsford. If Felgate had taken them, he probably had some reason, and there was no occasion to involve Arthur any further in the business.
“The thing is,” said Arthur, still sorely puzzled, “if it wasn’t you, who was it?”
Railsford smiled.
“That is a question a great many persons are asking. But you are the only boy I have met with who has no doubt in his mind that I was the guilty person.”
Arthur winced.
“I’m awfully sorry, sir,” said he. “I’ll tell them all you had nothing to do with it.”
“I think you had better say nothing. How do you know I am not telling you a lie now?”