"Yes," said the visitor thoughtfully, "they seem to have been made by a tacketty boot."
"And forbye that, there was a wee bit mud on the floor and a tacket mark in that!"
"Was the window shut or open?"
"Shut, sir; and the most extraordinary thing was that it was snibbed too! That's what made the master say it couldna have been a burglar at all, or how did he snib the window after he went out again?"
"Then Mr. Rattar didn't believe it was a burglar?"
"N—no, sir," said Mary, a little reluctantly.
"Was anything stolen?"
"No, sir; that was another funny thing. But it must have been a burglar!"
"What about the other windows, and the doors? Were they all fastened in the morning?"