Well, that wasn't any manner of good to me, but just as I was going to give it up, and climb down ignominiously, some one inside moved and threw his shadow on my little bit of wall and, by gum, it was Whittington! 
I did not see any shadows in the room.  
mnli hypothesis: I did not see any shadows in the room.   premise: Well, that wasn't any manner of good to me, but just as I was going to give it up, and climb down ignominiously, some one inside moved and threw his shadow on my little bit of wall and, by gum, it was Whittington! 