There is a burglar now, and no mistake.' 'It's only a toy one and it won't go off,' I said, 'but you can cock it.' Then we heard a snap.

'There goes the window bar,' said the robber softly.

'Jove! what an adventure! You kids stay here, I'll tackle it.' But Dicky and I said we should come.

So he let us go as far as the bottom of the kitchen stairs, and we took the tongs and shovel with us.
There was a light in the kitchen; a very little light.

It is curious we never thought, any of us, that this might be a plant of our robber's to get away.