He could not place the voice, and was much disturbed.

Would the intruder, who had seen his actions, expose him?
"I'll have to chance it," he told himself rather dubiously.

"I can't get the teeth down anyway.

Too bad! I thought I was alone!" And then he hurried off to bed in anything but a comfortable frame of mind.
[Illustration: THIS WAS A SIGNAL FOR THE DISCHARGE OF ALL SORTS OF THINGS AT THE DANGLING OBJECT.
_The Mystery of Putnam Hall._ (Page 192)].