"Yes."
"And then, after trying the window, you switched off the light again and locked the door?"
Jimmy nodded.
Superintendent Battle looked slowly round him. His glance was arrested by a big screen of Spanish leather which stood near one of the bookcases.
Brusquely he strode across the room and looked behind it.
He uttered a sharp ejaculation, which brought the three young people quickly to his side.
Huddled on the floor, in a dead faint, lay the Countess Radzky.
Chapter XXII
The Countess Radzky's Story
The Countess's return to consciousness was very different from that of Jimmy Thesiger. It was more prolonged and infinitely more artistic.