Putting on her dressing gown and slippers she dashed to the door leading into the hall, only to come upon the burglar again who had probably been frightened in his last venture and had retired to the hall for safety.
Fortunately he was standing with his back to her while he closed the door, and feeling that she was safe for the moment, she crouched in the shadow of the doorway.

The thief evidently thought he also was safe, for he seized a large, heavy-looking valise from the floor and made straight for the steps without looking to right or left.
Now a door across the hall opened and another figure appeared.

Grace trembled for a moment, fearing it might be another thief.

She had always heard they traveled in pairs.

But it was David, wrapped in a long gray dressing gown, looking for all the world like a monk.
He glanced up and down the hall for a moment, then tapped on the door of the next room and without waiting for an answer walked in.