I didn't know anybody--" Johnny frowned.

It would be just as well, he felt, to keep Mary V out of it.
"You didn't know the 'phone was answered in your absence.

Well, it was.
By a man with a bad cold, who represented himself to be you.

Did you notice any signs of any one being there while you were gone ?" "N-no, I can't say I did.

Well, the string was tied different on the door, but I didn't think much about that." "No--you wouldn't think much about that." Sudden's tone made a mental lash of the words.