"Well, give a glance to Bartow. You can see him very well from here."
Miss Butterworth put her eye again to the opening, and gave a grunt, a very decided grunt. With her a grunt was significant of surprise.
"He is shaking his fist; he is all alive with passion. He looks as if he would like to kill the bird."
"Perhaps that is why the creature was strung up so high. You may be sure Mr. Adams had some basis for his idiosyncrasies."
"I begin to think so. I don't know that I care to go back where that man is. He has a very murderous look."
"And a very feeble arm, Miss Butterworth. You are safe under my protection. My arm is not feeble."
[Illustration: A-Table. B-Small Stand. C-Door to Bedroom. D-Evelyn's Picture E-Loophole on Stair Landing. F-Entrance to Study.] [1]
[1] Since my readers may not understand how an opening above the stairway might communicate with Mr. Adams's study, I here submit a diagram of the same. The study walls were very high, forming a rounded extension at the back of the house.