It must be old Blake.

He's come home sooner than he expected, and I shouldn't wonder if he's going round by the road to take us by surprise." "He can't do that," answered Acton, "because I've got the key of the shed, and the door-key's hung up inside." Acton remained watching at the window while the others hastily cleared away all traces of the feast; the Triple Alliance retired to their own room, and nothing further was heard or seen of the mysterious visitor.
The next morning it was discovered that Mr.Blake had not returned from Fenley, and the five other members of the supper club were inclined to regard Diggory's vision of the midnight intruder as a sort of waking nightmare, resulting from an overdose of cake and pork-pie.

Two days later Cross came into the schoolroom in a great state of excitement.
"Look here, you fellows," he exclaimed: "some one keeps taking away my things out of the shed, and not putting them back.

Last week I missed a saw and two chisels, and now that brace and nearly all the bits are gone.

It's a jolly shame!" Carpentering was Cross's great hobby, and his collection of tools was an exceptionally good one, both as regards quantity and quality.