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 I went on and again turned a corner. I was at theback of the house now and suddenly I saw, only two feet away from me,an open window.

I crept up to it and listened. I could hear nothing, but somehow or otherI felt convinced that there was someone inside.

My back wasn’t too good for acrobatics as yet, but I managed to hoistmyself up and drop over the sill inside. I made rather a noise unfortu-nately.

I stood just inside the window listening. Then I walked forward, myhands outstretched. I heard then the faintest sound ahead of me to myright.

I had a torch in my pocket and I switched it on.

Immediately a low, sharp voice said: “Put that out.”

I obeyed instantly, for in that brief second I had recognized Superin-tendent Nash.

I felt him take my arm and propel me through a door and into a pas-sage. Here, where there was no window to betray our presence to anyoneoutside, he switched on a lamp and looked at me more in sorrow than inanger.

“You would have to butt in just that minute, Mr. Burton.”

“Sorry,” I apologized. “But I got a hunch that I was on to something.”

“And so you were probably. Did you see anyone?”

I hesitated. “I’m not sure,” I said slowly. “I’ve got a vague feeling I sawsomeone sneak in through the front gate but I didn’t really see anyone.

Then I heard a rustle round the side of the house.”

Nash nodded.

“That’s right. Somebody came round the house before you. They hesit-ated by the window, then went on quickly—heard you, I expect.”