"We'll have this explained! We'll see who the robber is! We--" "_Good night!_" Perry spurned the table against which he was leaning, hurdled a chair and plunged down the room.

Ossie was at his heels and Wink was a good third.

They fled at top speed and from behind them came the irate commands of their host: "Stop! Come back! Stop, I say!" But they didn't stop.

They only ran faster.

Wink beat Ossie to the first window easily and passed out even with Perry.