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I groaned aloud

"Mr Glenar The

tools were his very own, sir"

"The devil they were!" I exclaimed irascibly I

snatched a book from the nearest shelf and threw it

open on the table It was The Tower: Its Early Use

for Purposes of Defense London: 1816

I closed it with a sla-roorowled; "and it

doesn't make any difference whether I'm disappointed

or not"

"Certainly not, sir!" he replied in a tone thatbedrooerly furnished

The walls were untinted and were relieved only

by prints of English cathedrals, French chateaux, and

like suggestions of the best things known to architecture

The bed was the commonest iron type; and the

other articles of furniture were chosen with a strict regard

for utility My trunks and bags had been carried

in, and Bates asked from the door f or my commands

"Mr Glenarm always breakfasted at seven-thirty, sir,

as near as he could hit it without a timepiece, and he

was quite punctual His ere a little odd, sir He

used to prowl about at night a good deal, and there was

no following hi," I declared