51328    And into her sitting-room, which was the very room which I suspected.

51329    It lay between that and her bedroom, and I was determined to see which.

51330    They laid me on a couch, I motioned for air, they were compelled to open the window and you had your chance.'

51331    'How did that help you?'

51332    'It was all-important.

51333    When a woman thinks that her house is on fire, her instinct is at once to rush to the thing which she values most.

51334    It is a perfectly overpowering impulse, and I have more than once taken advantage of it.

51335    In the case of the Darlington Substitution Scandal it was of use to me, and also in the Arnsworth Castle business.

51336    A married woman grabs at her baby- an unmarried one reaches for her jewel box.

51337    Now it was clear to me that our lady of to-day had nothing in the house more precious to her than what we are in quest of.

51338    She would rush to secure it.

51339    The alarm of fire was admirably done.

51340    The smoke and shouting was enough to shake nerves of steel.

51341    She responded beautifully.

51342    The photograph is in a recess behind a sliding panel just above the right bell-pull.