"Let us listen to what this boy has to say.

If he is not speaking the truth, you can easily disprove it.

Go on, my boy." "Well, I guess that's about all I know about it: but I thought I ought to tell you, sir," confusedly concluded the small lad.
"You young runt, I'll half kill you if I catch you alone!" breathed Jack, under his breath, as the lad sped off to join his companions.
"Of course, you are not going to pay any attention to that kid's--I mean boy's--story," demanded Jack, addressing the professor.

"It's made out of whole cloth, I assure you." In the meantime the machines had been brought to the grand stand and were being examined.

Naturally, after young Digby's statement, Jack's was one of the first to be scrutinized.