Galland premises and also of the ruins of
the castle, with the exception of one feature mentioned in the regular
staff records, prepared before the war, in the course of their minute
description of the architecture of buildings which were accessible to
the spies of the Grays. The tunnel to the dungeons could be reached only
through the private quarters of the Gallands.

When he came out onto the veranda from the staff council a glimpse of
Mrs. Galland walking in the garden told him that one of the guardians
who stood between him and the satisfaction of his desperate curiosity
was absent. He started for the tower and found the door open and the
sitting-room empty. In his impatience he had one foot across the
threshold before a prompting sense of respect for form made him pause.
After all, this was a private residence. There being no bell, he rapped,
and was glad that it was Minna and not Marta who appeared. He watched
her intently for the effect of his abrupt announcement as he exclaimed:

"I want to go into the tunnel under the castle!"

There was no mistaking her shock and alarm. Her lips remained parted in
a letter O as a sweep of breath escaped. Yet, in the very process of
recovering her scattered faculties, her feminine quickness noted a
triumphant gleam in his eye. She knew that her manner had given
conviction to his suspicions. She knew that she alone stood between him
and his finding Marta talking to Brown headquarters. As she was in a
state of astonishment, why, astonishment was her cue. She appeared
positively speechless from it except for the emission of another
horrified gasp. Time! time! She must hold him until Marta left the
telephone.

"What an idea! That musty, horrible, damp tunnel!" she exclaimed,
shuddering. "I never think of it without thinking of ghosts!"

"I am looking for ghosts," replied Bouchard with saturnine emphasis.

"Oh, don't say that!" cried Minna distractedly. "Sometimes at night I
hear their chains clanking and their groans and cries for water," she
continued, playing the superstitious and stupid maid servant. "That is,
I think I do. Miss Galland says I don't."

"Does she go into the tunnel?" asked Bouchard.

"Yes, she's been in to show me that there were no ghosts," replied
Minna. "But not the whole way--not into the dungeons. I believe she got
frightened herself, though she wouldn't admit it. I know there are
ghosts! She needn't tell me! Don't you believe there are?" she asked