I tried to open it, but it was locked inside.

In a bit there was a knock downstairs.

You know what happened after that." He lapsed into silence again, with another look at the young man.
"That was when my aunt and her husband and Dr.Ravenshaw came to the door ?" said Charles, filling in the pause.

"But how was it that you told them that you feared something had happened to your master?
Was that pure guesswork on your part?
You hadn't been in the room, you say." "I had to tell them something, hadn't I ?" retorted the other sullenly.

"If I hadn't told them that, it would a' all come out about me going out with Miss Sisily, and not into the coal cellar, as I said." "It is astonishing that your story should have been so near the truth when you knew nothing of what had taken place." "I did know something.