Mike and I helped Simmons to unload." "Did you see which way Lad went, when he jumped out of the truck ?" pursued the Mistress.

"Or have any of you seen him since then ?" "Why, no, ma'am," came the puzzled answer.

"I haven't seen him at all.
I supposed he was in the car with you, and that maybe he'd been in the house ever since.

He wasn't on the truck: That's one sure thing.

I saw it stop; and I stayed till they finished emptying it.