"Sandy, I don't believe there is any steamer."

"What!"

"I mean what I say. This looks to me like a trap."

"What, another one?"

"Hush! Listen to me. Just before I dropped off to sleep, I've a kind of a shadowy recollection of hearing that door being locked."

"And you didna investigate?"

"I'm ashamed to say I didn't. Not that it would have done any good, anyhow. I was too sleepy, I guess. But when I woke up, just now, I went over to the door, and——"

"It is locked."

"You're right. And it's stout and firm, too."

"Let's shout. It may be an accident."