"Had you seen him about the place before?"
"Never. He came in the night and went in the night."
"Was he in uniform—the uniform of a soldier?"
"No; he wore citizen's clothes."
"Which way did he come from?"
"I don't know," was the surprising reply. "I first saw him when he was climbing in at the window."
"Climbing in at the window!" repeated Captain Godwin. "If he climbed in at the window when the others were awake, he must have been expected!"
"Yes; I should think so."
"I can't understand this at all!" exclaimed Captain Godwin, his good-natured face looking anxious. "Lieutenant Rowe said nothing to me about expecting company. And why should he conceal the fact from me? Why, indeed, should a visitor come crawling in at a window at midnight? Are you sure it wasn't one of the three men I conducted to the hut that you saw at the window?" he added, turning to the Filipino.
"Oh, yes; I am quite sure it was a fourth man. He mounted to the window-ledge on a ladder, pushed the screen aside and vaulted over the sill."