"For the present, M.
Formery is everything.

I'm only an assistant." He stepped into the drawing-room and stood looking about it, curiously still.

It was almost as if the whole of his being was concentrated in the act of seeing--as if all the other functions of his mind and body were in suspension.
"M.

Formery and the inspector have just been up to examine the housekeeper's room.

It's right at the top of the house--on the second floor.