He saw the khansaman cross the room with the tray in his hand and set it down on one of the shelves of the almirah. |
Linen feels quite wet if it is left unused in the almirah, or chest of drawers, for a week. |
He crossed the landing to the opposite room, went to the almirah, and slid back the panel. |
The two Chinamen were soon routed out from behind the almirah, captured and handed over to the police. |
He now remembered that sixteen years before he had put in the almirah an egg he had found in the nest of a toontooni bird. |
He stepped in, drew back the panel of the almirah to its former place, and disappeared. |