“It didn’t happen that way. We were discussing what we could do to get Gerry up, and Pongo said an alarm clock, and somebody said one would be no good, and somebody else⁠—Bill Eversleigh, I think⁠—said why not get a dozen. And we all said good egg and hoofed off to get them. We got one each and an extra one for Pongo and one for Lady Coote⁠—just out of the generosity of our hearts. There was nothing premeditated about it⁠—it just happened.”

Bundle was silenced, but not convinced. Jimmy proceeded to sum up methodically.