The most I ever saw was once--I happened to be looking towards the door and I saw a pair of hands--nothing more--setting down a tray.

I shrieked and called out.

I think that I almost fainted.

When I found courage enough to look, there was nothing there but the tray upon the floor." "You never heard, for instance, the rustling of a gown or the sound of a footstep ?" the Professor asked.

"You could not even say whether your jailer were man or woman ?" Lenora shook her head.
"All that I ever heard was the opening of the door.