Three windows looked out on to the lawn in front; that at the side into a large shrubbery, where the bushes grew up close to it; and Charlie decided that here, if anywhere, the man would take up his post.

As soon, then, as he knew that the servants were clearing away the supper, he took a heavy cudgel and went out.

He walked straight away from the house, and then, when he knew that his figure could no longer be seen in the twilight, he made a circuit, and, entering the shrubbery, crept along close to the wall of the Muse, until within two or three yards of the window.

Having made sure that at present, at any rate, no one was near, he moved out a step or two to look at the window.
His suspicions were at once confirmed.

The inside curtains were drawn, but the casement was open two or three inches.