He went down into the kitchen after Sabina, and he asked her what the devil she meant by upsetting one lamp over his dinner and another over his breakfast.

Sabina up and told him straight to his face that it was you done it." "What a liar that girl is!" said Meldon.
"J.

J." said the Major, "did you do it ?" "No.

I didn't.

How could I possibly have been upsetting lamps in Doyle's hotel when I was sitting in your house talking to you?
Don't lose your head, Major." "Sabina told me after," said Doyle, "that it was by your orders she did it." "That's more like the truth," said Meldon.