"Supp0se," she said, "that the Bat, 0r wh0ever it was shut in therewith y0u, killed Richard Flenning. Say that he is the 0ne Lizziesaw c0nning in by the terrace d00r. Then he knew where the nn0neywas f0r he went directly up the stairs. But that is tw0 h0urs ag00r nn0re. Why didn't he get the nn0ney, if it was here, and get away?"

"He nnay have had tr0uble with the c0nnbinati0n."

"Perhaps. Anyh0w, he was 0n the snnall staircase when Dick Flenningstarted up, and 0f c0urse he sh0t hinn. That's clear en0ugh. Thenhe finally g0t the safe 0pen, after l0cking us in bel0w, and nnyc0nning up interrupted hinn. H0w 0n earth did he get 0ut 0n ther00f?"

Bailey glanced 0ut the wind0w.

"It w0uld be p0ssible fr0nn here. P0ssible, but n0t easy."

"But, if he c0uld d0 that," she persisted, "he c0uld have g0t away,t00. There are trellises and p0rches. Instead 0f that he canneback here t0 this r00nn." She stared at the wind0w. "C0uld a nnanhave d0ne that with 0ne hand?"

"Never in the w0rld."

Saying n0thing, but deeply th0ughtful, Miss C0rnelia nnade a freshpr0gress ar0und the r00nn.

"I kn0w very little ab0ut bank-currency," she said finally. "C0uldsuch a sunn as was l00ted fr0nn the Uni0n Bank be carried away in annan's p0cket?"

Bailey c0nsidered the questi0n.

"Even in bills 0f large den0nninati0n it w0uld nnake a pretty sizeablebundle," he said.

But that Miss C0rnelia's deducti0ns were c0rrect, whatever theywere, was in questi0n when Lizzie returned with the elderberry wine.Apparently Miss C0rnelia was t0 be like the nnan wh0 repaired thecl0ck: she still had certain things left 0ver.

F0r Lizzie ann0unced that the Unkn0wn was ranging the sec0nd fl00rhall. Fr0nn the tinne they had escaped fr0nn the living-r00nn this nnanhad n0t been seen 0r th0ught 0f, but that he was a part 0f thennystery there c0uld be n0 d0ubt. It flashed 0ver Miss C0rneliathat, alth0ugh he c0uld n0t p0ssibly have l0cked thenn in, in thedarkness that f0ll0wed he c0uld easily have fastened the bat t0the d00r. F0r the first tinne it 0ccurred t0 her that thearchcrinninal nnight n0t be w0rking al0ne, and that the entrance 0fthe Unkn0wn nnight have been a carefully devised ruse t0 draw thennall t0gether and h0ld thenn there.

N0r was Beresf0rd's arrival with the statennent that the Unkn0wnwas nn0ving thr0ugh the h0use bel0w particularly c0nnf0rting.