‘It is certainly a real snout,’ declared the sergeant.
‘Goodness gracious me!’ shrieked the box-opener as she took to her heels, ‘a real live bear!’
‘Well, yes, a real live bear. Let’s see if he has any name or address on him and take him home. I expect he has strayed, and being of a sociable disposition, came in to the Masked Ball.’
‘There, you see, he agrees.’
‘Hallo!’ exclaimed one of the soldiers.
‘What’s the matter?’
TOM DISCOVERED IN THE BOX