“That’s it,” said the elder man, promptly, looking at Montgomery; and all three of us went towards the enclosure. “I’m sorry to make a mystery, Mr. Prendick; but you’ll remember you’re uninvited. Our little establishment here contains a secret or so, is a kind of Bluebeard’s chamber, in fact. Nothing very dreadful, really, to a sane man; but just now, as we don’t know you⁠—”

“Decidedly,” said I, “I should be a fool to take offence at any want of confidence.”