I knocked twice again when there was no sounds coming out from the room. When I knocked the third time with more force , the door creaked. I was so stunned by the realization that I had to take a step back. With the kind of events happening at that time , I couldn’t believe that someone would leave the door opened , not the least of Mrs Jamie. She gave me the impression of a very cautious lady and someone who would plan ahead two or three times before taking any actions.

I looked back at the sofa where Mrs Jamie was lying a few moment ago saw it empty. She was standing besides me , with her mouth wide open. She looked at me and I looked at her. Suddenly , all those turned up missing with a puff started to make sense. Somehow , the culprit must have used those secret rooms (or tunnels?) to carry the bodies elsewhere from the resort.

The murderer and the bodies in resort building. The thought of it chilled both of us. I looked around in hope that I could find some clues or whatever but I couldn’t see anything amiss. In despair , we walked down the staircase towards the dining room when Mrs Jamie suddenly collapsed. The only reason she didn’t fell down the all the way down the stair case was because her hand caught the knob at the upper stair.

With that piece of information , we bade him goodbye and goodnight and left in more confusion than ever. If he was being summoned then by whom? He must known that person or else he wouldn’t have trusted him to bring the sherry. More importantly , that person must be one of the guests!

After almost everyone had left , Mrs Jamie turned around and came back to me. “You know , why don’t we ask the butler about the boat? Maybe he ordered some items from the mainland and it is delivering tomorrow?”

I stood still after the last part , turning my head to look at each and every faces there. There were shocks , stunned faces but there was also a smile which disappeared when I tried to look for it again. The silence was such that we could hear our own breathing amidst the sound of wind howling and windows slamming.

I then went on to explain to them about the resort. They all had been invited by my company to be given free treatment of various psychology disorders under restraint conditions , namely an island. They will be given free medical supervision under experienced professional , me. And in return , they will allow themselves to be observed and the data to be under the company’s ownership.

The silence echoed throughout the corridor. It was deafening. Mrs Smith stared at the envelope as if she was expecting it to burst into flames. Mrs Jamie simply fainted right on the spot. We were too stunned to see the name on the paper that nobody caught her falling on the floor till a few moments later.

After 2nd night of the disappearance , an emergency meeting was held among the remaining guests. Major Sholto , a man with stellar military experience , was unanimously designated to be the chief investigator of the incidents. His first task was to find out the source of the envelopes and he immediately went about interviewing the butler. The butler admitted nothing except that each evening when he went to the jetty to collect the letters from the boat , he would find that there was already an envelope in the box.