He paused for a moment.
“A few nights later I climbed into the garden at the back of the house, which was not difficult as the mews was also empty. Then I came through the garden the same way as I did tonight.”
He paused again and Alena murmured,
“Do go on, I am interested.”
“I saw that the windows at the back of the house were not shuttered and thought I would peep through one of the ground floor windows, which actually looked into this room and hoped there would be a chance of catching sight of one of the many masterpieces.”
“And you found that the catch was broken. How extremely careless of us.”
“That is exactly what I thought,” he agreed. “And being naturally inquisitive I let myself in.”
“If the caretakers had seen you, I would suppose they would have sent for the police.”
