In any case anxiety is not the word" he corrected himself, and went on.

"There is a perfectly natural explanation.

The servants may have opened the window to air the room when they were preparing it for the night, and may easily have forgotten to latch the bolt afterwards." "Yes, I suppose that is the natural explanation," said Linforth, as he lit a cigar.

"It is hard to conceive any other." "Theft," replied Ralston, "is the other explanation.

What I said about the levies is true.