I am not sure that it was.

Such men are difficult to understand.

When I had finished, he remarked with a smile: "So you conclude that the floor of this place is movable and that the antiquated ladies you mention have stretched their old limbs in a difficult climb, just for the game of frightening out tenants they did not desire for neighbors ?" "I know that it sounds ridiculous," I admitted, refraining still, in spite of the great temptation, from mentioning the treasure which it was the one wish of their lives to protect from the discovery of others.

"If they were quite sane I should perhaps not have the courage to suggest this explanation of what has been heard and seen here.

But they are not quite sane; a glance at their faces is enough to convince one of this, and from minds touched with insanity anything can be expected.