“Do you mean to say that those dead things frightened you?” he asked incredulously.

“No; I do not. I am not easily frightened. But something odd happened—the second strange thing that has happened this evening. Is there any one concealed in this room?”

“Not a rat—much less a human being. Rats dislike creosote and corrosive sublimate, and as for human beings——”

He shrugged his shoulders and smiled.

“Then I have been dreaming,” said Unorna, attempting to look relieved. “Tell me about him. Where is he?”

“In bed—at his hotel. He will be perfectly well to-morrow.”

“Did he wake?” she asked anxiously.

“Yes. We talked together.”

“And he was in his right mind?”

“Apparently. But he seems to have forgotten something.”