“Why didn’t you tell me of this before?” he asked.
“Oh, I thought it merely a freak of the doctor’s.”
“What noises did you hear down there last night?”
“You are not in court now,” said the woman, with a laugh. “I don’t know as I can describe the noises I heard. There were blows and the sound of scuffling.”
The man of the house walked to the hall door, and opened it.
“I wonder if the doctor is there yet?” he asked.
“He went away an hour ago,” was the reply.
The man went down and tried the door.
It was locked, and no one answered his call.
“He’s gone, all right enough,” said the man, going upstairs again, “and I’m going to have a look into that room.”