[The Hand in the Dark by Arthur J. Rees]@TWC D-Link bookThe Hand in the Dark CHAPTER VI 22/30
"The more important point is, did he get in that way? It is not a difficult matter to scale a wall to reach a window if there is any sort of a foothold.
It is a point I will look into afterwards." He tried the window catch, and then walked about the room, examining it closely.
His quick, eager eyes, looking about in every direction, were caught by something glittering on the carpet, close to the bed.
He glanced at his companions.
As a detective, he had long learnt the wisdom of caution in the presence of friends and relatives. "I should like to be left alone in the room in order to examine it more thoroughly," he briefly announced. When Miss Heredith and Musard had left the room he locked the door behind them, and, kneeling down by the bedside, disentangled a small shining object almost concealed in the thick green texture of the carpet.
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