So she's really not left alone very much, because Ann goes into her room as soon as she gets up in the morning--about six o'clock." "And is your mother always secured in her room--is the door always locked ?" asked Superintendent Galloway.
"Yes, sir: the door is always locked inside or outside, and when I go to bed at night I take the key into my room and hang it on a nail.

Ann comes in and gets it in the morning." "You did that last night, as usual ?" "Yes, sir.

Mother was quiet--just as you saw her now.

She is quiet most of the time." "God help her, poor soul!" exclaimed the chief constable.

"Where does this passage lead to, Benson ?" he asked, as if to change the conversation, pointing to a gloomy gallery running off the passage in which they were standing.
"It leads to two rooms looking out over the end of the inn, sir," replied the innkeeper.