"When I went into the house at the beginning."
"How was it lying?"
"About the middle of the staircase, I believe."
"A little to the left, with the fingers pointing to the door?"
"Exactly—close to the wall."
"It is a right-hand glove. He was carrying it in his left hand and dropped it when running downstairs." Shagarach said this sotto voce, as if to himself.
"Who? Floyd?"
"The incendiary."
"I don't know that I ever saw young Floyd with gloves on except in winter. Seems too loud for him anyway—more like some swell's."
"You will leave this with me?"