Finally Racksole removed the ornaments, the carpet, the chairs and the hooks, and wrenched away the switch of the electric light.

Then he and the commissionaire left the room, and Racksole locked the door on the outside and put the key in his pocket.
'You will keep watch here,' he said to the commissionaire, 'through the night.

You can sit on this chair.

Don't go to sleep.

If you hear the slightest noise in the room blow your cab-whistle; I will arrange to answer the signal.