top of the desk and pulled his memorandum toward him
They obeyed and looked on while he dumped the things from the box to the
top of the desk and pulled his memorandum toward him. One by one he
pushed the articles aside and checked the list with a pencil. Finally he
chuckled. “Wiggin didn’t know much more’n half the stuff he lost,” he
said. “There’s nine watches here instead of seven and a lot more other
things than he’s got down here on his list. Here he is now, I guess.”