"But if you open your mouth again I 'll gag you.

Now stop it; the first word you utter will mean a handkerchief in your mouth." I stooped down, and dragged him to one side.

As I straightened up again she was facing me, her eyes frankly meeting mine.
"You--you know how I came here ?" she asked, as though that was the most important.
"Of course; I overheard most of the conversation." "How did you find out?
how did you get here ?" "Your door was left ajar, and I found my way through the connecting bathroom yonder." "Then--then, we can escape in the same manner." "I hardly think that will be necessary.

I 'll go through our friend's pockets for his keys." I turned him over, and began the search.

"Ah, a revolver; I thought probable--in protection against a woman, you cur.
Here are keys; now let's see what they fit." The third one tried unlocked the door, but even as I tried them in the lock, my mind swiftly reviewed the situation in which this affair left us, and leaped forward toward a possible solution.