"Wheredidyoufindit?
"heasked。
"Sorrytodisaointyou,rofessor,
"saidthedetectivesarcastically,
"butthisisthetimewhenyouwerealittlelate,
"andheroducedtheobjectwhichheheldbehindhim。
"Hereisyouricture,MrKale。
"
Kalegasedalittleinreliefandastonishment,andhelduthecanvaswithbothhandstoexamineit。
"Fine!
"hetoldthedetective。
"Illseethatyoudontloseanythingbythis。Why,thatthingcostmefiftythousanddollars!
"Kaledidntseemabletogetoverthat。
TheThinkingMachineleanedforwardtosquintattheuerrighthandcornerofthecanvas。
"Wheredidyoufindit?
"heaskedagain。
"Rolledutight,andconcealedinthebottomofatrunkintheroomofoneoftheservants,
"exlainedMallory。
"TheservantsnameisJennings。Heisnowunderarrest。
"
"Jennings!
"exclaimedKale。
"Why,hehasbeenwithmeforyears。
"
"Didheconfess?
"askedthescientistimerturbably。
"Ofcoursenot,
"saidMallory。
"Hesayssomeoftheotherservantsmusthavehiddenitthere。
"
TheThinkingMachinenoddedatHatch。
"Ithinkerhasthatisall,
"heremarked。
"Icongratulateyou,MrMallory,uonbringingthemattertosuchaquickandsatisfactoryconclusion。
"
Tenminuteslatertheyleftthehouseandcaughtacarforthescientistshome。Hatchwasalittlechagrinedattheunexectedterminationoftheaffair,andwasthoughtfullysilentforatime。
"Mallorydoesshowanoccasionalgleamofhumanintelligence,doesnthe?
"hesaidatlastquizzically。
"NotthatIevernoticed,
"remarkedTheThinkingMachinecrustily。