"Headache?" asked Tim, who had been watching him.
His uncle did not hear the question, at least he did not answer.
Instead he pulled something hurriedly out of his waistcoat pocket,
held it to his ear, listened attentively a moment, and then gave a
sudden start.
"What is it, Uncle?"
"Oh, nothing," was the reply; "my watch has stopped, that's all." He
stood still a moment or two, reflecting deeply. His eyebrows went up
and down. He pursed his lips. "Odd," he continued, half to himself;
"I'm sure I wound it up last night...!" he added, "it's going again
now. It stopped--only for a moment!"
"Aha," said Tim significantly, and looked about him. He waited
breathlessly for something more to happen. But nothing did happen--
just then.
Only, when at last Uncle Felix looked down, their eyes met and a flash
of knowledge too enormous ever to be forgotten passed noiselessly
between the two of them.
"Perhaps...!" murmured his uncle.
"I wonder...!"
That was all.
CHAPTER XI
JUDY'S PARTICULAR ADVENTURE
Adventure means saying Yes, and being careless; children say Yes to
everything and are very careless indeed: even their No is usually a
Yes, inverted or deferred.
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