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To steady their nerves.' 'Exactly. These three glasses upon the sideboard have been untouched, I suppose?' 'Yes, and the bottle stands as they left it.' 'Let us look at it. Halloa, halloa! What is this?' TO STEADY THEIR NERVES EXACTLY THESE THREE GLASSES UPON THE SIDEBOARD HAVE BEEN UNTOUCHED I SUPPOSE YES AND THE BOTTLE STANDS AS THEY LEFT IT LET US LOOK AT IT HALLO HALLO WHAT'S THIS
ter. And yet that would involve treachery towards the mistress to whom this woman seems devoted. Well, well, the point is a minor one, and when you have Randall you will probably find no difficulty in securing his accomplice. The lady's story certainly seems to be corroborated, if it needed corroboration, by every detail which we see before us.' He walked to the French window and threw it open. 'There are no signs here, but the ground is iron hard, and one would not expect them. I see that these candles in the mantelpiece have been lighted.' 'Yes, it was by their light, and that of the lady's bedroom candle, that the burglars saw their way about.' 'And what did they take?' 'Well, they did not take much--only half a dozen articles of plate off the sideboard. Lady Brackenstall thinks that they were themselves so disturbed by the death of Sir Eustace that they did not ransack the house, as they would otherwise have done.' 'No doubt that is true, and yet they drank some wine, I understand. E ONE AT WHOSE HEAD THE MASTER THREW A DECANTER AND YET THAT WOULD INVOLVE TREACHERY TOWARDS THE MISTRESS TO WHOM THIS WOMAN SEEMS DEVOTED WELL WELL THE POINT IS A MINOR ONE AND WHEN YOU HAVE RANDALL YOU WILL PROBABLY FIND NO DIFFICULTY IN SECURING HIS ACCOMPLICE THE LADY'S STORY CERTAINLY SEEMS TO BE CORROBORATED IF IT NEEDED CORROBORATION BY EVERY DETAIL WHICH WE SEE BEFORE US HE WALKED TO THE FRENCH WINDOW AND THREW IT OPEN THERE ARE NO SIGNS HERE BUT THE GROUND IS IRON HARD AND ONE WOULD NOT EXPECT THEM I SEE THAT THE CANDLES AND THE MANTELPIECE HAVE BEEN LIGHTED YES IT WAS BY THEIR LIGHT AND THAT OF THE LADIES BEDROOM CANDLE THAT THE BURGLARS SAW THEIR WAY ABOUT AND WHAT DID THEY TAKE WELL THEY DID NOT TAKE MUCH ONLY HALF A DOZEN ARTICLES OF PLATE OF THE SIDEBOARD LADY BRACKENSTALL THINKS THAT THEY WERE THEMSELVES SO DISTURBED BY THE DEATH OF SIR EUSTACE THEY DID NOT RANSACK THE HOUSE AS THEY WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE DONE NO DOUBT THAT IS TRUE AND YET THEY DRANK SOME WINE I UNDERSTAND
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