I think we were both pleased with our bargain, and we had a final bottle of '48 port over it together.

Mr.Knopf left me at about 9.30, for he knows I go very early to bed, and I took my new stock upstairs with me, and locked it up in the safe.

I certainly heard nothing of the noise in the mews last night.

I sleep on the second floor, in the front of the house, and this is the first I have heard of poor Mr.Knopf's loss--' "At this point of his narrative Mr.Shipman very suddenly paused, and his face became very pale.

With a hasty word of excuse he unceremoniously left the room, and the detective heard him running quickly upstairs.
"Less than two minutes later Mr.Shipman returned.