I shall always unfasten a window on the ground floor and lift it a little, so that it would be supposed that the intruder entered and escaped that way." Mr.Tallboys smiled a little, but said, "It is a very risky business, Mrs.Conway.Miss Penfold is just the sort of woman to keep pistols in her bedroom." "One must risk something when one is fighting for a fortune," Mrs.
Conway said quietly.

"I hope that I shall not be heard.

There are always creakings and noises in an old house like that.

The doors are thick and well fitting, and there is little chance of my footsteps being heard.

It is only by an accident, such as one of them being unable to sleep and getting up and walking over the house, that they are likely to run against me, and it is not probable she would have a pistol in her hand then.