Moreover, it had a height and shape that were familiar, and it reminded him of the spy, Garay.
He was too much surprised to move, and so he merely stared.

Garay knelt before the chest of drawers and began to work at it with a small sharp tool that he drew from his coat.

Robert saw, too, that his attention was centered on the third drawer from the top.

Then he came out of his catalepsy and started forward, but in doing so his foot made a slight noise on the floor.
Garay leaped to his feet, gave Robert one glance and then disappeared through the open window, with incredible dexterity and speed.

Robert stared again.