CHAPTER XI
"THE REBELLION OF PEG"
"Take care, mater--keep back. Let me deal with them." And Alaric
with an electric flash-light appeared at the head of the stairs,
followed by his mother holding a night-lamp high over her head, and
peering down into the dark room. "It was from here that the sound
came, dear," she said to Alaric.
"Stay up there," replied the valiant youth: "I'll soon find out
what's up."
As Alaric reached the bottom of the stairs, the door just by the
staircase opened noiselessly and a large body protruded into the
room covered in an equally gigantic bath robe. As the face came
stealthily through the doorway, Alaric made one leap and caught the
invader by the throat.
A small, frightened voice cried out:
"Please don't do that, sir. It's only me!"
Alaric flashed the electric-light in the man's face and found it was
the unfortunate Jarvis.
"What are you doing here?" asked Alaric.
"I heard a disturbance of some kind and came down after it, sir,"
replied Jarvis, nervously.
"Guard that door then! and let no one pass. If there is any one
trespassing in here I want to find 'em."
He began a systematic search of the room until suddenly the
reflector from the flash-light shone full on the two girls.
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