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It is for it to investigate and determine whether they call for action . Pray proceed , my dear Mrs. Winton . '' She gave him another charming smile and went on . `` I was out last evening , and it was after midnight when I got back to the Burlingame . My apartment is on the third floor front . Instead of going to bed at once , I sat down at the open window to enjoy the gentle breeze . I must have dozed , for I was aroused by a cab coming up Eighteenth and stopping before the large , grey-stone house opposite -- the rest of the houses are brick -- which was unoccupied until two days ago , when it was rented furnished .