They are experienced people,--burglars; _they_ know what they want; I should be no help to him.

I _think_ he is after ceramics and bric-a-brac and such things.

If he knows the house he knows that that is all that he can find on the dining-room floor." She said, with a strong interest perceptible in her tone, "Suppose he comes up here!" I said, "It is all right.

He will give us notice." "What shall we do then then ?" "Climb out of the window." She said, a little restively, "Well, what is the use of a burglar-alarm for us ?" "You have seen, dear heart, that it has been useful up to the present moment, and I have explained to you how it will be continuously useful after he gets up here." That was the end of it.

He didn't ring any more alarms.