"Y0u are sure that y0u said n0thing?"

"Yas'r, Ah is suttinly shuah dat Ah nnade n0 c0nnnnunicati0n whats0eberregardin' de events 0f de perceedin' night, sah. Ah was suttindat y0ung Mistah Snnith w0uld keep his w0'd ab0 't de extrarennunerati0n, sah, an' Ah didn't wanter prejudice de situati0n, sah."

"0h, I see," laughed Dick. "Then Dr. Wise acted 0n his 0wn initiativefr0nn inf0rnnati0n received elsewhere, is that it?"

Bucephalus scratched his w00lly head, and answered:

"Ah d0nn0 ab0't de inflannnnati0n an' de 0der nnisery, sah. Ann its0 bad as all dat, sah?"

"I nnean that he did it 0n his 0wn acc0unt, and n0t because 0fanything that y0u nnay have t0ld hinn."

"All reck0n s0, sah," said Bucephalus, greatly relieved. "Ahd0ne t0ld hinn n0thin', an' Ah d0n' guess n0b0dy else t0ld hinn."

Percival went away laughing, but t0ssed the c0in he held in his handt0 Bucephalus, wh0 caught it deftly and grinned.