Then he walked to the window for a moment, his hands behind his back.
"Any one been here this morning at all, Jarvis ?" he inquired.
"A man for the laundry, sir, and a person to test the electric light." "Left alone in the room at all ?" "The electric light man was here for a few minutes, sir." The master and servant exchanged quick glances.

The latter was looking pale and nervous.
"Is anything missing, sir ?" he asked.
"Yes!" Granet replied.

"Did you notice the gentleman who called last evening--Surgeon-Major Thomson ?" "Yes, sir!" "You haven't seen him since?
He hasn't been here ?" "No, sir!" Granet stood, for a moment, thinking.

The servant remained motionless.
The silence in the room was ominous; so, also, was the strange look of disquietude in the two men's faces.
"Jarvis," his master said at last, "remember this.

I am not finding fault.