To ponder, perchance to wonder

I had to check a neighbour’s house today - she’s away, and thought she’d left a fan on in the kitchen. She hides the house key somewhere on the verandah. Would you like to guess where? “Under a potplant,” you say? Bingo!! Prize to the reader with the brain! Under a potplant. Yes. Would a thief have the nous to think of that? Hmm...

And the fan wasn’t on, and nor was it in the kitchen. Hmm...