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Updated: October 9, 2025
I could not have distinguished them from real diamonds; and as for Susan Slodger that was the housemaid's name her eyes fairly bulged with avarice. "It was less than a week after this that the next incident occurred. I was lying in bed, dozing fitfully but never losing consciousness. I slept badly at that time, for memories which I avoided by day would come crowding on me in the darkness.
But Susan Slodger I never set eyes on again. "The cook left me the same day, taking Susan's box with her. It was a great relief. I now had the house to myself and could work without interruption or the discomfort of being spied upon.
Hallo! what's that? "'That' was a loud creak on the upper stairs near the first-floor landing, doubtless emanating from Miss Slodger or the cook. I have no doubt that these sounds of stealthy movement were highly disturbing to the burglars, especially in the present circumstances. And so it appeared, for the answer came in an obviously frightened whisper: 'There's someone on the stairs, Fred.
"Meanwhile, Susan Slodger stood in the hall with a face as white as a tallow candle. She stared with fearful fascination at the long, black cases and uttered no sound even when the facetious carrier questioned her as to the destination of 'our dear departed brother. She was absolutely thunderstruck.
The police would only come in and turn the place upside down and take up your time for nothing. "Thus Susan Slodger, with a vivid consciousness of the false key, made exactly the suggestion that I desired. Of course it would never do to have the police in the house again so soon.
The tapping was repeated louder and yet louder, and still I made no move. Then, after an interval, I heard a wire inserted in the lock. "I determined to make an end of this. Very softly I tiptoed to the door and suddenly flung it open. There stood Susan Slodger with a hair-pin in her hand, absolutely paralyzed with terror.
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