Moreover, none of them was asleep.

Minnie Bates, in particular, said that the "grandfather's clock" in the hall struck twelve before she "could close an eye." At last, just as Grant was rising from an almost untasted luncheon, Mrs.
Bates, with a voice of scare, announced "the polis," and P.C.

Robinson introduced Superintendent Fowler.

This time Grant did not resent questions.

He expected them, and had made up his mind to give full and detailed answers.