I trust no man," said Lizzie.

But Miss Cornelia had picked up the paper again.
"'The Bat's last crime was a particularly atrocious one,'" she read.
"'The body of the murdered man...'" But Lizzie could bear no more.
"Why don't you read the funny page once in a while ?" she wailed and hurried to close the windows in the billiard room.

The door leading into the billiard room shut behind her.
Miss Cornelia remained reading for a moment.

Then--was that a sound from the alcove?
She dropped the paper, went into the alcove and stood for a moment at the foot of the stairs, listening.

No--it must have been imagination.