There was no sound. He went forward cautiously, with his hand outstretched, and crouching a little. His hand touched the stairs, and the carpet covering them. He went back and closed the door gently, then began to walk up the stairs. There was a stone wall and a hand-rail; he kept a hold on the hand-rail all the time; his right hand was about his gun, which he kept in his pocket. He reached the first landing; Madame’s appartement was on the next floor. Latimer’s informant had been quite certain about the bodyguards. Rollison went past the door on this landing, but did not go straight up. He stood two or three steps above the landing, pressed tightly against the wall. His ears and eyes were strained to catch sound and light, but there was none. He kept still. The quiet made his heart thump, there was something almost uncanny about this; he had a feeling that he was being fooled. He obeyed the instinct to do nothing until he was quite sure that no one was near.
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