VII _The Eyes_
VIII _The Blond Beast_
IX _Afterward_
X _The Letters_ 

THE BOLTED DOOR 

I 

HUBERT GRANICE, pacing the length of his pleasant lamp-lit library,
paused to compare his watch with the clock on the chimney-piece. 

Three minutes to eight. 

In exactly three minutes Mr.  Peter Ascham, of the eminent legal firm
of Ascham and Pettilow, would have his punctual hand on the
door-bell of the flat.  It was a comfort to reflect that Ascham was
so punctual--the suspense was beginning to make his host nervous.