But there is another person in this room.

He is a man who means harm, I believe, to both of us!" "Ah!" said the voice near the door.
The woman was speaking again, her voice high and nervous, from the continued suspense of that darkness and silence combined, a dual mystery from which any bolt might strike.
"Above all things," she warned him, "you must watch that door!" Her straining ears heard a quiet click-click; she had learned of old the meaning of that pregnant sound.

It was the trigger of a revolver being cocked.
"All right--I'm ready," said the man at the door, grimly.

Then he laughed, perhaps a little uneasily.

"But why are we all in darkness this way ?" "The wires have been cut--that is a part of his plan!" Keenan took a step into the room and addressed the black emptiness before him.
"Will the gentleman speak up and explain ?" No answer came out of the darkness.