CHAPTER VIII.
ELIMINATION At about three o'clock in the afternoon Mr.Ransom left his room.

He had been careful almost from his first arrival to sit with his door ajar.

He had, therefore, only to give it a slight push and walk out when he heard the bustle of preparation going on in the two rooms in whose future occupancy he was so vitally interested.

A maid stood in the hall.

A man within was pushing about furniture.