20/24 Thalassa let us in, and said he was afraid that there was something wrong with his master. We came upstairs immediately, burst in the door, and found--this." "Did Thalassa hear the shot ?" "He says not, only the crash." "That would be the clock, of course. Was my brother quite dead when you found him ?" "Just dead. The body was quite warm." "The door was locked from inside, I think you said." "We found it locked." "Then it must have been locked from inside," returned the other, who appeared to be pursuing some hidden train of thought. "But where's the key? |