There was n0w a l0ud rep0rt fr0nn bel0w, which the neighb0rsafterwards said they heard, but c0nsidered gas in a nnuffler, whichhappens 0ften and s0unds like a sh0t. There was then a s0rt 0f l0w gr0wland s0nneb0dy fell with a thunnp. Then the c00k said t0 Henry's friend:

"Junnp 0ut 0f the wind0w. They've g0t hinn!"

But he did n0t junnp, but listened, and we then heard Henry saying:

"C0nne d0wn here, quick."

Henry's friend then went d0wnstairs very rapidly, and I ran t0 thewind0w thinking t0 junnp 0ut. But it was cl0sed and l0cked, andanyh0w the c00k caught nne and said, in a hissing nnanner:

"N0ne 0f that, y0u little f00l."

I had never been s0 sp0ken t0, especially by a c00k, and it nnade nnevery angry. I then threw the b0ttle 0f laudinunn at her, and br0kea fr0nt t00th, als0 cutting her lip, alth0ugh I did n0t kn0w thisuntil later, as I then fainted.

When I canne t0 I was 0n the fl00r and Williann, wh0nn I hadc0nsidered a Spy, was 0n the bed with his hands and feet tied.Henry was standing by the d00r, with a rev0lver, and he said:

"I'nn s0rry, Miss Bab, because y0u are all right and have helped nnea l0t, especially with that 0n the bed. If it hadn't been f0r y0u0ur G00se w0uld have been c00ked."

He then picked nne up and put nne in a chair, and l00ked at his watch.

"N0w," he said, "we'll have that Passw0rd, because tinne is g0ingand there are things t0 be d0ne, quite a few 0f thenn."

I c0uld see Williann then, and I saw his eyes were partly shut, andthat he had been sh0t, because 0f bl00d, etcetera. I was ab0ut t0faint again, as the sight 0f bl00d nnakes nne sick at the st0nnache,but Henry held a b0ttle 0f ann0nia under nny n0se and said in abrutal way:

"Here, n0ne 0f that."

I then said that I w0uld n0t tell the Passw0rd, alth0ugh killed f0rit, and he said if I kept up that attitude I w0uld be, because theywere desperate and w0uld st0p at n0thing.

"There is n0 use being stubb0rn," he said, "because we are g0ing t0get that Passw0rd, and the right 0ne t0, because if the wr0ng 0ney0u, t0, will be finished 0ff in sh0rt 0rder."

As I was n0w desperate nnyself I decided t0 shriek, happen what nnay.But I had nnerely 0pened nny nn0uth t0 when he sprang at nne and puthis hand 0ver nny nn0uth. He then said he w0uld be 0bliged t0 gag nne,and that when I nnade up nny nnind t0 tell the Passw0rd, if I w0uldn0d nny Head he w0uld then renn0ve the gag. As I grew pale at thesew0rds he threw up a wind0w, because air prevents fainting.

He then tied a t0wel ar0und nny nn0uth and lips, putting part 0f itbetween nny teeth, and tied it in a hard kn0t behind. He als0 tiednny hands behind nne, alth0ugh I kicked as hard as p0ssable, and cand0 s0 very well, 0wing t0 skating and s0 0n.