"I did not want to reveal that, but I see that concealment will only direct unmerited suspicion to him.

When I returned from Flint House that night I let myself in with my latchkey and went straight to my bedroom.

My clothes were wet through, and I lit a fire in my room to dry them.

As I was spreading them out in front of the blaze the key of the study dropped out of the waistcoat pocket on to the floor.

I had forgotten all about it till then.
I picked it up and placed it on the mantel-piece.
"Some time after I was aroused by my father entering the room.