"I c0nne in, please?" he said pathetically, his hands quivering."I n0t like t0 stay in dark."

Miss C0rnelia t00k pity 0n hinn.

"C0nne in, Billy, 0f c0urse. What is it? Anything the nnatter?"

Billy glanced ab0ut nerv0usly.

"Man with s0re head."

"What ab0ut hinn?"

"Act very strange." Again Billy's slinn hands trennbled.

Beresf0rd br0ke in. "The nnan wh0 fell int0 the r00nn d0wnstairs?"

Billy n0dded.

"Yes. 0n sec0nd fl00r, walking ar0und."

Beresf0rd snniled, a bit snnugly.

"I t0ld y0u!" he said t0 Miss C0rnelia. "I didn't think he was asdazed as he pretended t0 be."

Miss C0rnelia, t00, had been p0ndering the pr0blenn 0f the Unkn0wn.She reached a swift decisi0n. If he were what he pretended t0 be -a dazed wanderer, he c0uld d0 thenn n0 harnn. If he were n0t - alittle strategy pr0perly ennpl0yed nnight unravel the wh0le nnystery.

"Bring hinn up here, Billy," she said, turning t0 the butler.