A gun?
They reached into the box and pulled something out. Not just anything, it was a gun. Miranda watched in astonishment, wondering whether this was really happening. This wasn’t there earlier, was it? Correct, the box was bare. Maybe it was a lie. She began to doubt herself.
From thin air
Miranda told the police that she didn’t know how the pistol got there and that she was unfamiliar with it. She said that not even once had she ever carried a gun. The officers, however, found it impossible to believe that it appeared out of nothing.