Miss Cornelia decided upon an experiment. She turned to Dale.
“Dale, you said you saw a white light shining down from above?”
“Yes,” said Dale in a minor voice.
Miss Cornelia rose.
“May I borrow your flashlight, Doctor? Now that fool detective is out of the way,” she continued some what acidly, “I want to do something.”
The Doctor gave her his flashlight with a stare of bewilderment. She took it and moved into the alcove.
“Doctor, I shall ask you to stand at the foot of the small staircase, facing up.”
“Now?” queried the Doctor with some reluctance.
“Now, please.”
The Doctor slowly followed her into the alcove and took up the position she assigned him at the foot of the stairs.