"Bide here, you others." I turned, and led the way into the bedchamber.

There I stooped and opened the trapdoor, and held the torch so that the light fell into the pit, without a word.

He saw the fallen props, and the chair, and all else that told him the terrible tale.

And as he saw he reeled a little, and I caught his arm.

But he shook off my hand savagely.
"Tell me," he said, between his teeth, "have you hunted for those who did this deed ?" "Such of us as might go have done so.