After hearing the door opened and closed, Mrs. Bunting woke up suddenly but she did not arouse her husband.
She clearly heard the footsteps. She aroused her husband very quietly. He clearly heard the movement of hand going on at his study desk downstairs and then there was heard a violent sneeze.
He took a poker and came down noiselessly. Something snapped, the drawer was opened and there was the rustle of papers.
A match was struck and the study was flooded with yellow light. Bunting saw the opened drawer and candle burning but nobody was there. He was sure that the intruder was from the village itself.
A chink of money was heard. Mr. and Mrs. Bunting was sure that the robber had found the sovereign. Gripping the poker firmly he rushed to the door and cried - but there was nobody. They were cocksure that there had been somebody in the room They searched each and every corner. The money had gone.T hey heard a violent
sneeze in the passage and the kitchen door slammed.
Mr.Bunting saw the black door just opening then it closed with a loud noise. The thief had gone his job and had slipped away quietly. The room was empty and the back door refastened. Examining everything, Mr.and Mrs.went down the storage space but nobody was
there. They were surprised and at a loss. The intruder was nowhere to be seen.
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