The black box! "What do you mean ?" Lady Ashleigh faltered.

"What do you mean, Williams ?" The man shook his head.

He seemed almost incapable of speech.
"Something has happened to the master!" They all trooped out of the room and up the stairs, the Professor leading the way.

They pushed open the door of Lord Ashleigh's bedchamber.

In the far corner of the large room was the four-poster, and underneath the clothes a silent figure.