"Nothing to speak of, that is," said his wife. "But all the same,
it's a disgraceful thing that an honest woman can't sleep in peace
in her bed of a night without being disturbed by rascals like that.
And if the police did their duty things like this wouldn't happen.
And I don't care who hears me say it."

"You say that you were taken by surprise in your sleep?" said M.
Formery. "You say you saw nothing, and heard nothing?"

"There was no time to see anything or hear anything. They trussed us
up like greased lightning," said the concierge.

"But the gag was the worst," said the wife. "To lie there and not be
able to tell the rascals what I thought about them!"

"Didn't you hear the noise of footsteps in the garden?" said M.
Formery.

"One can't hear anything that happens in the garden from our
bedroom," said the concierge.

"Even the night when Mlle. Germaine's great Dane barked from twelve
o'clock till seven in the morning, all the household was kept awake
except us; but bless you, sir, we slept like tops," said his wife
proudly.

"If they sleep like that it seems rather a waste of time to have
gagged them," whispered the Duke to the inspector.

The inspector grinned, and whispered scornfully, "Oh, them common