“The window. It’s easy as anything climbing down this ivy.”

Superintendent Battle looked up at it thoughtfully.

“Yes,” he said. “I should say it would be.”

“And you want me to go back?” said Bundle. “I’m rather sick about that. I wanted to go round on to the west terrace.”

“Perhaps you won’t be the only one who’ll want to do that,” said Battle.

“Nobody could miss seeing you,” said Bundle rather spitefully.

The Superintendent seemed rather pleased than otherwise.

“I hope they won’t,” he said. “ No unpleasantness. That’s my motto. And if you’ll excuse me, Lady Eileen, I think it’s time you were going back to bed.”