Then he added, "Burglars don't knock at doors, Aunty.

They knock people on the head." "Well, of all things, Ned Nestor!" exclaimed the lady, in a tone which well matched her engaging face.

"What are you doing here at this time of night ?" "I want to leave a friend here for the day," was the reply.

"Come, Aunty, don't stand there with the lamp so high.

You look like the Statue of Liberty.