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`` That dog is always wandering around at night . '' `` Not unless Peter can row a boat , '' said Mr. Reynolds dryly . I got up , being already fully dressed , and taking the candle , we went to the staircase . I noticed that it was a minute or so after two o'clock as we left the room . The boat was gone , not untied , but cut loose . The end of the rope was still fastened to the stair-rail . I sat down on the stairs and looked at Mr. Reynolds .