They had looked out of the window; but the night was very dark and nothing could be seen or heard.

They had then rushed out into the hall, where Ames had turned the windlass which lowered the drawbridge.

Mr.Barker had then hurried off to get the police.
Such, in its essentials, was the evidence of the butler.
The account of Mrs.Allen, the housekeeper, was, so far as it went, a corroboration of that of her fellow servant.

The housekeeper's room was rather nearer to the front of the house than the pantry in which Ames had been working.

She was preparing to go to bed when the loud ringing of the bell had attracted her attention.