CHAPTER LII 

ON THE TRAIL AGAIN 

The most massive minds are apt to forget things at times. The most adroit plotters make their little mistakes. Psmith was no exception to the rule. He made the mistake of not telling Mike of the afternoon's happenings. 

It was not altogether forgetfulness. Psmith was one of those people who like to carry through their operations entirely by themselves. Where there is only one in a secret the secret is more liable to remain unrevealed. There was nothing, he thought, to be gained from telling Mike. He forgot what the consequences might be if he did not. 

So Psmith kept his own counsel, with the result that Mike went over to school on the Monday morning in pumps. 

Edmund, summoned from the hinterland of the house to give his opinion why only one of Mike's boots was to be found, had no views on the subject. He seemed to look on it as one of those things which no fellow can understand. 

"'Ere's one of 'em, Mr. Jackson," he said, as if he hoped that Mike might be satisfied with a compromise. 

"One? What's the good of that, Edmund, you chump? I can't go over to school in one boot." 

Edmund turned this over in his mind, and then said, "No, sir," as much as to say, "I may have lost a boot, but, thank goodness, I can still understand sound reasoning." 

"Well, what am I to do? Where is the other boot?" 

"Don't know, Mr. Jackson," replied Edmund to both questions. 
Will this be on a trail again?
What chapter?
Did Psmith like to keep his own counsel?
Who found one of Mike's boots?
Where had he been summonsed from?
Was his opinion sought?
What was his view on the subject?
Did he think this to be a thing a fellow could understand?
What did Mike wear to school as a result?
What day did Mike wear pumps to school?
Does Edmund still have sound reasoning?
Does he know what Mike should do?
What about where his other boot is?
Are even big minds likely to sometimes forget stuff?
What do even the best plotters sometimes make?
Was Psmith an exception to that?
What had Psmith forgotten to tell Mike?
Did he think that had been anything to gain from telling Mike?
What did he forget there would be if he did not?
Is Psmith someone who has other people help him a lot, or does he do a lot on his own?
yes
ON THE TRAIL AGAIN 
LII
CHAPTER LII 
yes
So Psmith kept his own counsel
Edmund
Edmund, summoned from the hinterland of the house to give his opinion why only one of Mike's boots was to be found,
the hinterland of the house
Edmund, summoned from the hinterland of the house
yes
Edmund, summoned from the hinterland of the house to give his opinion why only one of Mike's boots was to be found,
he had no views on the subject.
Edmund, summoned from the hinterland of the house to give his opinion why only one of Mike's boots was to be found, had no views on the subject.
no
 He seemed to look on it as one of those things which no fellow can understand. 

unknown
unknown
Monday
Mike went over to school on the Monday morning in pumps. 
yes
Edmund turned this over in his mind, and then said, "No, sir," as much as to say, "I may have lost a boot, but, thank goodness, I can still understand sound reasoning
no
"Don't know, Mr. Jackson," replied Edmund to both questions.
no
"Well, what am I to do? Where is the other boot?" 

"Don't know, Mr. Jackson," replied Edmund to both questions.
yes
The most massive minds are apt to forget things at times
little mistakes.
 The most adroit plotters make their little mistakes.
no
Psmith was no exception to the rule.
the afternoon's happenings.
He made the mistake of not telling Mike of the afternoon's happenings. 
no
There was nothing, he thought, to be gained from telling Mike
what the consequences might be
 He forgot what the consequences might be if he did not. 
by himself
 Psmith was one of those people who like to carry through their operations entirely by themselves