Mr.Turold returned upstairs, and some time afterwards we heard him go down again and out.
"I was so upset that I arose and dressed myself to await Mr.Turold's return.

I thought he might like a cup of coffee when he returned, so I decided to go downstairs myself and prepare it.

As I passed the passage which led to Mr.Charles Turold's room, I noticed a light underneath his door.

I rather wondered, as he was still up, why he had not gone with his father, but I was passing on without thinking any more about it when I happened to notice that the light beneath the door was fluctuating in the strangest way.

First it was very bright, then it became quite dim, but the next moment it would be bright again.
"That alarmed me so much that I walked along the passage to see what it meant.