There were sounds of running feet and indistinct oaths and distant cries, and she could have sworn that a pistol-shot had startled her from slumber.

In a moment she was out of bed and ran to open her window.

On looking out she saw that the moonlight was very brilliant, and in it beheld a tall man running swiftly from the house.

He sped down the broad path, and just when he was abreast of a miniature shrubbery, she heard a second shot, which seemed to be fired there-from.

The man staggered, and stumbled and fell.