Of all the men under this roof, this man here was the only one who slept like that last night!" He paused and looked down at the scowling, sullen creature on the floor.

"You wretched little cur!" he said, with a gesture of unspeakable contempt.

"And all for the sake of an old man's money! If I did my duty, I'd gaol you.

But if I did, it would be punishing the innocent for the crimes of the guilty.

It would kill that dear old man to learn this; and so he's not going to learn it, and the law's not going to get its own." He twitched out his hand, and something tinkled on the floor.