When I opened the door softly, I heard his footsteps in the hall below.

There was nothing to do but to finish the play.
"I turned and addressed an imaginary conversation to Kara.

It was horrible, but there was something about it which aroused in me a curious sense of humour and I wanted to laugh and laugh and laugh! "I heard the man coming up the stairs and closed the door gingerly.

What length of time would it take for the candle to bend! "To completely establish the alibi I determined to hold Fisher in conversation and this was all the easier since apparently he had not seen the envelope I had left on the table downstairs.

I had not long to wait for suddenly with a crash I heard the steel latch fall in its place.