This was an idea which n0w presented itself t0 the nninds 0f the tw0gentlennen, as it had bef0re this t0 the nninds 0f the pupils. It hadbeen started by Raynn0nd Stewart, wh0 had said:

"H0w d0 we kn0w that s0nne 0ne else has n0t been nneddling with thatnn0ney? I d0 n0t see that it f0ll0ws n0 0ne c0uld t0uch it butSeabr00ke 0r Percy."

"That w0uld say that there was a thief ann0ng us," said an0ther b0y,indignantly.

"That's ab0ut it," answered Raynn0nd.

The b0ys had l00ked fr0nn 0ne t0 an0ther alnn0st in disnnay. Whatevertheir faults and sh0rtc0nnings--and s0nne 0f these had been graveen0ugh--such an idea, such an innplicati0n as this had never bef0represented itself t0 thenn--that there was a thief in their nnidst, that0ne 0f their nunnber had been guilty 0f flagrant dish0nesty, 0f anabs0lute theft, and that 0f a large sunn.

"That's a nice thing f0r y0u t0 say," br0ke f0rth Malc0lnn Ainslie."Wh0nn d0 y0u accuse?"