I hoped that he would escape by the window, but it stuck, and to my horror I heard him there, in the dark, moving about.

I covered the sounds as well as I could, and pacified Raoul, who thought he had seen someone come in.

I hinted that it must have been the fiance of a pretty housemaid I have.

It was not till after one that Ivor Dundas finally got away; this I swear to you.

What happened to him after leaving my house you know better than I do, for I haven't seen him since, as you are well aware." "He says he found a letter from the thief in his pocket, and went to the address named; that he couldn't get a cab and walked.