There's not much magic
in all that."
"Yes," said Monsieur de Marquet, "but what you have not guessed is
that this single window in the vestibule, though it has no iron bars,
has solid iron blinds. Now these iron blinds have remained fastened
by their iron latch; and yet we have proof that the murderer made
his escape from the, pavilion by that window! Traces of blood on
the inside wall and on the blinds as well as on the floor, and
footmarks, of which I have taken the measurements, attest the fact
that the murderer made his escape that way. But then, how did he
do it, seeing that the blinds remained fastened on the inside? He
passed through them like a shadow. But what is more bewildering
than all is that it is impossible to form any idea as to how the
murderer got out of The Yellow Room, or how he got across the
laboratory to reach the vestibule! Ah, yes, Monsieur Rouletabille,
it is altogether as you said, a fine case, the key to which will
not be discovered for a long time, I hope."
"You hope, Monsieur?"
Monsieur de Marquet corrected himself.
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