That fellow is in
there now, probably in that room where we were, and it is possible
that they may reassure him and settle his fears. Now, just suppose
a murder had been committed in a room, and you knew it, and heard
groanings and mutterings--from nowhere, just in the air, about
you, overhead--what would you do, if you were inclined to be
superstitious?"
Before I could answer, he had resumed the antics which before I
had found so inexplicable.
"Cut out and run, I suppose," I replied. "But what has that to do
with the case? The groanings are here--not there. You haven't been
able to get in over there to attach anything, have you? What do
you mean?"
"No," he admitted, "but did you ever hear what you could do with a
microphone, a rheostat, and a small transformer coil if you
attached them properly to a direct-current electric lighting
circuit? No? Well, an amateur with a little knowledge of
electricity could do it. The thing is easily constructed, and the
result is a most complicated matter.
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