I NEED HELP ASAP I WILL GIVE OUT THE BRAINLIEST QUESTION AND IT WILL BE WORTH 100 POINTS!

Read the following below.

"Aaa, for all we know she took it herself." And this was the third of the trio, the sharp-faced dark boy. If Ellery was right, he was the one who delivered part-time for O'Donnel's Dry Cleaning on Columbus Avenue.

"And you are — ?"

"Howard Ruffo."

—"Object Lesson,"
Ellery Queen

What prediction can you make about how Ellery will take Howard’s suggestion about his teacher?

He will agree with it and accuse the teacher.
He will laugh off Howard’s suggestion as ridiculous.
He will accuse Howard of stealing it himself.
He will continue to question Howard’s suggestion.