"
"And am I to take it that your search over the rest of the house was
conducted in a similar manner?"
"Certainly. We looked into the rooms, but we did not search under the
beds or in the cupboards."
"Are all the rooms in the house in use as living or sleeping rooms?"
"No; there is one room on the second floor that is used as a store and
lumber room, and one on the first floor that Mr. Hurst uses to store
trunks and things that he is not using."
"Did you look in those rooms when you searched the house?"
"No."
"Have you looked in them since?"
"I have been in the lumber-room since, but not in the other. It is
always kept locked."
At this point an ominous flattening became apparent in his lordship's
eyelids, but these symptoms passed off when Mr. Heath sat down and
indicated that he had no further questions to ask.
Miss Dobbs once more prepared to step down from the witness-box, when
Mr. Loram shot up like a jack-in-the-box.
"You have made certain statements," said he, "concerning the scarab
which Mr.
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