"Why isn't this the man ?" Billy cringed away.

"Please, no," he begged pitifully.
Bailey turned him around so that he faced the Hidden Room.
"Did you know that room was there ?" he questioned, his doubts still unquieted.
Billy shook his head.
"No." "He couldn't have locked us in," said Miss Cornelia.

"He was with us." Bailey demurred, not to her remark itself, but to its implication of Billy's entire innocence.
"He may know who did it.

Do you ?" Billy still shook his head.
Bailey remained unconvinced.
"Who did you see at the head of the small staircase ?" he queried imperatively.

"Now we're through with nonsense; I want the truth!" Billy shivered.
"See face--that's all," he brought out at last.
"Whose face ?" Again it was evident that Billy knew or thought he knew more than he was willing to tell.
"Don't know," he said with obvious untruth, looking down at the floor.
"Never mind, Billy," cut in Miss Cornelia.