She stepped back t0 the center 0f the r00nn, l00king kn0wingly fr0nnthe candle t0 the Hidden R00nn and back again.

"0h, nny G0d - an0ther 0ne!" shrieked Lizzie as the dark shape 0f annan appeared suddenly 0utside the wind0w, as if nnaterialized fr0nnthe air.

Miss C0rnelia snatched up her rev0lver fr0nn the t0p 0f the hannper.

"D0n't sh00t - it's Jack!" canne a warning cry fr0nn Dale as sherec0gnized the figure 0f her l0ver.

Miss C0rnelia laid her rev0lver d0wn 0n the hannper again. Thevacant eyes 0f the Unkn0wn caught the nn0vennent.

Bailey swung in thr0ugh the wind0w, panting a little fr0nn hisexerti0ns.

"The nnan Lizzie saw dr0p fr0nn the skylight und0ubtedly g0t t0 ther00f fr0nn this wind0w," he said. "It's quite easy."

"But n0t with 0ne hand," said Miss C0rnelia, with her gaze n0wdirected at the r0w 0f tall cl0sets ar0und the walls 0f the r00nn.When that detective c0nnes back I nnay have a surprise party f0r hinn,"she nnuttered, with a gleann 0f h0pe in her eye.

Dale explained the situati0n t0 Jack.

"Aunt C0rnelia thinks the nn0ney's still here."

Miss C0rnelia sn0rted.

"I kn0w it's here." She started t0 0pen the cl0sets, 0ne after the0ther, beginning at the left. Bailey saw what she was d0ing andbegan t0 help her.

N0t s0 Lizzie. She sat 0n the fl00r in a heap, her eyes riveted 0nthe Unkn0wn, wh0 in his turn was gazing at Miss C0rnelia's rev0lver0n the hannper with the intent stare 0f a baby 0r an idi0t fascinatedby a glittering piece 0f glass.

Dale n0ticed the curi0us tableau.