If I'd been half a minute sooner either I or the officer who found her must have knocked up against that--that monster.

But two or three people do think they saw him slinking away." "What was he like ?" she asked curiously.
"Well, that's hard to answer.

You see, there was such an awful fog.

But there's one thing they all agree about.

He was carrying a bag--" "A bag ?" repeated Mrs.Bunting, in a low voice.