So up I jumped, and we raced over to the office and found Professor Wheeler there asleep on the leather couch under the window.

'It was Cloud and I, sir, that cut the rope!' said Clausen.

'I'm very sorry, sir, and I'll take the punishment and glad to.

But March hadn't anything to do with it, sir; he didn't even know anything about it, sir!' Professor Wheeler was about half awake, and he thought something terrible was the matter, and it took the longest time to explain what Clausen was talking about.

Then he said he was glad to learn that I was innocent, and I thanked him, and he started to ask Clausen a lot of questions.