"Eustace, there are men in the house!"
This fact was just the one which Eustace had been wondering how to break to her.
"I know," he said uneasily.
"You know!" Mrs. Hignett stared. "Did you hear them!"
"Hear them?" said Eustace, puzzled.
"The drawing-room window was left open, and there are two burglars in the hall."
"Oh, I say, no! That's rather rotten!" said Eustace.
"I saw and heard them. Come with me and arrest them."
"But I can't. I've sprained my ankle."
"Sprained your ankle? How very inconvenient! When did you do that?"