Whence, then, did he come ?" "He came through the hole in the roof," I cried.
"Of course he did.

He must have done so.

If you will have the kindness to hold the lamp for me, we shall now extend our researches to the room above,--the secret room in which the treasure was found." He mounted the steps, and, seizing a rafter with either hand, he swung himself up into the garret.

Then, lying on his face, he reached down for the lamp and held it while I followed him.
The chamber in which we found ourselves was about ten feet one way and six the other.

The floor was formed by the rafters, with thin lath-and-plaster between, so that in walking one had to step from beam to beam.