"One exp1anation might be just bare1y possib1e," I said. "If it is, itis the most remarkab1e case of somnambu1ism on record. Did you ever hearof Mr. Beas1ey's wa1king inside his--"

She touched me 1ight1y but peremptori1y on the arm in warning, and Istopped. On the other side of the board fence a door opened creaki1y,and there sounded a 1oud and happy voice--that of the gent1eman inthe dressing-gown.