Chapter 14

"Am I to understand, you wretched little worm," he snarled, "that you gave the urgency danger signal, not once but half a dozen times merely because a man hit you over the nose?" "But he knocked me silly, sir," quavered the other. "And when I came to, and saw the boots lying beside me and the till opened, I kind of lost my head. I didn't know what had happened, sir--and I thought I'd better ring the bell--in case of trouble." He retreated a step or two towards the door, terrified out of his wits by the look of di…