He ran quickly back to the corridor door and locked it.
"Stand back out of that light! The ladder!" Miss Cornelia and Dale shrank back against the mantel.

Bailey took up a post beside the window, the Unknown flattening himself against the wall beside him.

There was a breathless pause.
The top of the extension ladder began to tremble.

A black bulk stood clearly outlined against the diminishing red glow--the Bat, masked and sinister, on his last foray! There was no sound as the killer stepped into the room.

He waited for a second that seemed a year--still no sound.