Miles! With remembrance of the name I recalled where the man was--down below searching for the murderer.

I sprang back, passing Billie and her guard, and flung open the door.
"Miles," I cried into the silent darkness, "we need you up here at once." There was just a moment of tense waiting, and then a gruff voice sounding afar off, "I can't, sir, I've got him.".