What implication does Ellery make? Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2."
"We have twenty-eight minutes." He raised his voice,
smiling. "Naturally the thief has ditched the money,
hoping to recover it when the coast is clear. It's therefore
hidden somewhere in the classroom. All right, Miss
Carpenter, we'll take the desks and seats first. Look
under them, too — chewing gum makes a handy
adhesive. Eh, class?"
O that the students want to listen, but they cannot hear
him over all the activity in the room
O that the thief will recover the money during first period
while everyone is still in the room
that Miss Carpenter will help him carry the desks and
chairs out of the classroom
that the thief may have stuck the stolen money to the
underside of a gum-covered seat