Above all we must comport ourselves here and in the strike with great care.

We are fighting a great battle, bigger than we are--" At this instant the door from the dark hallway suddenly opened and a man in a policeman's uniform stepped in.

There fell an instant's dead silence--an explosive silence.

Every person there seemed to be petrified in the position in which his attention was attracted.

Every eye was fixed on the figure at the door.