I shouted in the hall.
There was no answer.
Then I ran from room to room.
All were deserted.
My host had shown me which was his bedroom the night before, so I knocked at the door. No reply.
I turned the handle and walked in.
The room was empty, and the bed had never been slept in.
He had gone with the rest.
The foreign host, the foreign footman, the foreign cook, all had vanished in the night! That was the end of my visit to Wisteria Lodge."
Sherlock Holmes was rubbing his hands and chuckling as he added this bizarre incident to his collection of strange episodes.