The novel danger of the situation enthralled him. The detective rapidly sketched the appearance of the room in his notebook, and picked up the pistol from under the table. Her first impulse was to fly to the window; and she was about to pass through it, at the risk of sharing the fate of the unfortunate lady, when her arm was grasped by some one in the act of ascending the ladder from without. Ann Veronica had one of her flashes of insight. ‘Who kills who?’ ‘Rot in hell,’ he snarled, panting, and managed to push himself forward and leap off the dais, running for the safety of the far aisle by the wall. The floor was planked with oak, and covered with iron staples, hooks, and ringbolts, with heavy chains attached to them. Only first you must find the lantern and light it again and leave it here, near the door, for me to find. “A volatile temperament—yes, a volatile temperament,” Mr. Unlocking it, he entered the chamber, which by no means belied its external appearance. There were two school-mistresses, one of whom—Miss Klegg—might have been a first cousin to Miss Miniver, she had so many Miniver traits; there was a preoccupied girl whose name Ann Veronica never learned, but who worked remarkably well; and Miss Garvice, who began by attracting her very greatly— she moved so beautifully—and ended by giving her the impression that moving beautifully was the beginning and end of her being. So he resolved to try another tack.
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