"Last night, while searching for a book, I saw a face at the window.

It was that window," and four pairs of eyes followed his pointing finger.

"The face, I now believe, was that of the dead woman.

At the moment, as it vanished instantly, I persuaded myself that I was the victim of some trick of the imagination.

Still, I opened the other window, looked out and listened, but heard or saw nothing or no one.