I was extremely shaken up by this time and knew only one thing to do, and that was to escape.

But I carried one as yet unsolved enigma with me.

How came I to hear this man's cries in Mr.Adams's study, and yet find him on the second floor when I came to search the house?
He had not time to mount the stairs while I was passing down the hall." "It is a case of mistaken impression.

Your ears played you false.

The cries came from above, not from Mr.Adams's study." "My ears are not accustomed to play me tricks.