But he did not drop into it, as the Inspector expected, or give any other signs of exceptional fatigue; yet when he had seated himself and they were left alone, he did not hasten to speak, though he evidently had much to say, but remained quiet, holding counsel, as it were, in his old way, with some small object he had picked up from the desk before him.
At last the Inspector spoke: "You have been on the hunt; what did you find ?" "Not much, Inspector--and yet enough to disturb me in a way I was not looking for.

Of course, in studying the situation carefully, you have asked yourself how the man who shot the arrow from behind the upper pedestal got away.

He did not wait as Travis did till the first excitement had abated and the way was, in a manner, cleared for an escape into the court.

For X, as we will call him, was certainly among those I saw lined up before me at the moment I bade them one and all to return and stand until released, in the exact spot occupied by them when the first alarm rang out.

After the surprise Travis gave us we had the building searched from roof to cellar.