The marks made by him in going through
the vestibule and the laboratory were subsequently washed out by
Daddy Jacques. Having, for some reason or other, taken off his
boots, the murderer carried them in his hand and placed them by the
side of the parcel he had made,--by that time the robbery had been
accomplished. The man then returned to The Yellow Room and slipped
under the bed, where the mark of his body is perfectly visible on
the floor and even on the mat, which has been slightly moved from
its place and creased. Fragments of straw also, recently torn, bear
witness to the murderer's movements under the bed."
"Yes, yes,--we know all about that," said Monsieur de Marquet.
"The robber had another motive for returning to hide under the bed,"
continued the astonishing boy-journalist. "You might think that he
was trying to hide himself quickly on seeing, through the vestibule
window, Monsieur and Mademoiselle Stangerson about to enter the
pavilion. It would have been much easier for him to have climbed
up to the attic and hidden there, waiting for an opportunity to get
away, if his purpose had been only flight.
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