He never played straight even in villainy, and doubtless had given the Captain reason to desire the shortest way to be rid of him.

As for me, thanks to Peter, the villain had known me through my disguise, and, God knows! he had had his revenge on me this night.
While I speculated thus, I wandered to and fro in the house like a man distraught, till presently my footsteps brought me back to a little chamber at the end of the long passage into which I had scarce dared peep before.

The dawn had already begun to chase the night away, and was flooding the room with a flush of light that suited its sacredness better than my flaring torch.

So I left that without and entered in the twilight.
All was in the sweet confusion of a chamber whose owner expects to return to it anon.

The bed had not been disturbed since it was last settled.