“Well, then,” said the other, “it is close upon nine.”
He indicated the chairs, and himself went past towards the cabinet, his heavy step making the room vibrate as he went.
As he came near the door, he fumbled with the button, and all the lights but one went out.
The four sat down. Laurie watched Mr. Vincent step up into the cabinet, jerk the curtains this way and that, and at last sit easily back, in such a way that his face could be seen in a kind of twilight, and the rest of his body perfectly visible.
Then silence came down upon the room.