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           Withaveryfaintfar-awaysoundofasnarlheturnedandscratchedatme.Ifeltbloodonmyhand.Irosegentlyandcameovertothebedside.MissTrelawny,too,hadstoodupandwaslookingbehindher,asthoughtherewassomethingclosetoher.Hereyeswerewild,andherbreastroseandfellasthoughshewerefightingforair.WhenItouchedhershedidnotseemtofeelme;sheworkedherhandsinfrontofher,asthoughshewasfendingoffsomething.

           Therewasnotaninstanttolose.Iseizedherinmyarmsandrushedovertothedoor,threwitopen,andstrodeintothepassage,callingloudly:

           "Help!Help!"

           InaninstantthetwoDetectives,Mrs.Grant,andtheNurseappearedonthescene.Closeontheirheelscameseveraloftheservants,bothmenandwomen.ImmediatelyMrs.Grantcamenearenough,IplacedMissTrelawnyinherarms,andrushedbackintotheroom,turninguptheelectriclightassoonasIcouldlaymyhandonit.SergeantDawandtheNursefollowedme.

           Wewerejustintime.Closeunderthegreatsafe,whereonthetwosuccessivenightshehadbeenfound,layMr.Trelawnywithhisleftarm,baresaveforthebandages,stretchedout.Closebyhissidewasaleaf-shapedEgyptianknifewhichhadlainamongstthecuriosontheshelfofthebrokencabinet.Itspointwasstuckintheparquetfloor,whencehadbeenremovedtheblood-stainedrug.

           Buttherewasnosignofdisturbanceanywhere;noranysignofanyoneoranythingunusual.