I only hope we find a Celestial.

It would be the fitting finale to a busy day." But their search was in vain, though they succeeded in scaring Mrs.
Bates badly.

It was almost inconceivable that two such men, one a powerfully-built athlete and the other an ex-soldier, should even imagine that any marauder could be secreted in the flat; but the European insensibly credits the Oriental with occult powers, and they took their task quite soberly.
Singularly enough it led to a discovery bearing directly on the problem of Mrs.Lester's death.

Lending out of the kitchen was a narrow scullery; here a lift, worked by a wheel on the ground level, delivered coals by the sack and other heavy parcels.
Theydon glanced at the sliding panel which gave access to the lift.
Obviously he seldom, if ever, visited this part of his domain.
"Can that thing be operated only from the ground ?" he inquired.
"O, no, sir," said Bates.

"I often pull it up when I want to lower the dust bin." "Can you do it now ?" Bates looked surprised at first, then thoughtful.