He said that the prisoner had called several times to see his master, always coming when the count was from home; that he had, before, made one or two efforts to get into the count's room, but that he, the servant, had always refused him permission.
On this evening the count went out early, and Robert Bolton having some errands to do, followed his master.

About ten o'clock the prisoner called at the house, No.

24 Cambridge Terrace, and asked to speak to Count St.Croix.The landlady of the house told him the count was from home; then the prisoner said: "I know.

I will go to his room and wait there for him." The landlady, believing him to be a perfect gentleman, allowed him to go up to the count's room.

Robert Bolton returned home just as his master was at the door; when the landlady told him a gentleman was waiting there, it flashed instantly into his mind there was something wrong.