T.X.conducted a very careful search and had no difficulty in finding the bricked up door.
Other exits there were none.
The floor was of wood block laid on concrete, the ventilation was excellent and in one of the recesses which had evidently held at so time or other, a large wine bin, there was a prefect electrical cooking plant.

In a small larder were a number of baskets, bearing the name of a well-known caterer, one of them containing an excellent assortment of cold and potted meats, preserves, etc.
T.X.went back to the bedroom and took the little lamp from the table by the side of the bed and began a more careful examination.

Presently he found traces of blood, and followed an irregular trail to the outer room.

He lost it suddenly at the foot of stairs leading down from the upper cellar.

Then he struck it again.