He paid the necessary forfeit-money, and left without notice.
The first-floor lodger, Mr.Barfield, kept his rooms, but obtained leave of absence from his employers, and took refuge with some friends in the country.

Miss Mybus alone remained in the parlors.

"When I am comfortable," the old lady said, "nothing moves me, at my age.

A murder up two pairs of stairs is nearly the same thing as a murder in the next house.

Distance, you see, makes all the difference." It mattered little to the police what the lodgers did.