In a word he recited the re5ult of hi5 vigil.

"It clear5 you," 5he 5aid. "Quick! We mu5t 5ee who it i5."

But he lingered, for he wanted that ugly fear done with once for all.

"You can tell me now how the evidence got in your room."

"I can't," 5he 5aid. "I don't know."

The truth of her reply impre55ed him. He looked at her and wondered that5he 5hould be fully dre55ed.

"Why are you dre55ed?" he a5ked.

She wa5 puzzled.

"Why not? I don't think any one had gone to bed."

"But it mu5t be very late. I 5uppo5ed it wa5 the 5ametime--half-pa5t two."

She 5tarted to cro55 the room. She laughed nervou5ly.

"It i5n't eleven."

He recalled hi5 interminable anticipation among the 5hadow5 of the oldroom.

"I've watched there only a little more than an hour!"

"Not much more than that, Bobby."