An instant later he was in the room.
"Why have you come up here?" She came swiftly to his side.
"Thank the Lord, I made it," he whispered, breathlessly. "I came up
because there was nowhere else to go. I thought I heard voices--a man
and a woman speaking. They seemed to be quite close to me. Don't be
alarmed, Miss Cameron. I am confident that I can--"
"And now that you are here, trapped as I am, what do you purpose to
do? You cannot escape. Go back before it is too late. Go--"
"Is Sprouse--where is he?"
"He is somewhere in the house. I have heard no sound. I was to wait
until he--Oh, Mr. Barnes, I--I am terrified. You will never know the--"
"Trust him," he said. "He is a marvel. We'll be safely out of here in
a little while, and then it will all look simple to you. You are ready
to go? Good! We will wait a few minutes and if he doesn't show up
we'll--Why, you are trembling like a leaf! Sit down, do! If he doesn't
return in a minute or two, I'll take a look about the house myself. I
don't intend to desert him. I know this floor pretty well, and the
lower one. The stairs are--"
"But the stairway is closed at the bottom by a solid steel curtain. It
is made to look like a panel in the wall.
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