I want to see if he could get out of his own window on to the hillside.

His window is higher from the ground than this window.

The hill falls away very sharply." The bedroom Ronald had occupied was small and narrow, and its meagre furniture was in striking contrast with the comfortable appointments of the room they had just left.

It contained a single bed, a chest of drawers, a washstand, and a wardrobe.

The latter, a cumbrous article of furniture, stood between the bed and the wall, against the side nearest to Mr.Glenthorpe's room.
Galloway strode across to the window, which was open, and looked out.
The hillside fell away so rapidly that the bottom of the window was quite eight feet from the ground outside.
"Not much of a drop for an athletic young fellow like Ronald," said Galloway to Colwyn, who had joined him.
"The window is very much smaller than the one in Mr.Glenthorpe's bedroom," said Colwyn.
"But large enough for a man to get through.