"I turned both the pockets inside out."

"Any hole in the pocket?"

"No."

"Well, when did you take off the bags? Did you sleep in them?"

"I wore 'em till bed-time, and then shoved them on a chair by the side
of the bed. It wasn't till next morning that I remembered the quid was
in them----"

"But it wasn't," objected Scott.

"I thought it was. It ought to have been."

"He thought it was. That's a clue, young Pillingshot. Work on it.
Well?"

"Well, when I went to take the quid out of my cricket bags, it wasn't
there."

"What time was that?"

"Half-past seven this morning."

"What time did you go to bed?"

"Ten."