"
"All it amounts to," said Bill, "is the living-rooms downstairs
dining-room, library, hall, billiard-room and the office rooms."
"Yes, that's all."
"Well, the office is the most likely, isn't it?"
"Yes. Except for one thing."
"What's that?"
"Well, it's on the wrong side of the house. One would expect the
passage to start from the nearest place to which it is going.
Why make it longer by going under the house first?"
"Yes, that's true. Well, then, you think the dining-room or the
library?"
"Yes. And the library for choice. I mean for our choice. There
are always servants going into dining-rooms. We shouldn't have
much of a chance of exploring properly in there. Besides,
there's another thing to remember. Mark has kept this a secret
for a year. Could he have kept it a secret in the dining-room?
Could Miss Norris have got into the dining-room and used the
secret door just after dinner without being seen? It would have
been much too risky."
Bill got up eagerly.
"Come along," he said, "let's try the library.
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