.

    I began to go quicker. to climb. I remembered driving along it  urned, and ; but it still made me start, to come so suddenly upon to see it seem to rise out of topped, on t afraid. It ly quiet and dark. ttered. t its  front door—t  leaves. It seemed like a  meant for people but for gs.

    I remembered, suddenly,  it being ed . . .

    t made me s me—back, to dark and tangled o take  back my ting rain. till c, If I can only find Mr ay! o o to tables and yards. I  carefully, for my steps sounded loud. But   as quiet and empty as everyed barking. table doors   tuck, t cime I  , I t range. Mr ay! I called—but I called it softly. It seemed o call out, here. Mr ay! Mr ay!

    t gave me . I  to tcapped. No ansried t to t I  nig  around to t again. I  to a er, and looked inside. I could not see. I put my o to give against its bolt... I ated for almost a minute; t fles screed myself up on to the sill, and jumped inside.

    tood, quite still. t must  if Mr ay  and came  like a burglar, no of my mot . I began to ly about. t. I  I o try and imagine Maud, as s,

    o imagine ttle bites sake at ... I stepped to table. It ill set, icks, a knife and a fork, a plate of apples; but it  and cobted. tal glass,  the rim.

    t t  still, , it moved perfectly silently. All tly, in t y carpet, t smoteps.

    So  o to it and looked inside. t room e. t t Mr Lilly and Gentleman must once , to listen , t I imagined ting t voice.

    I forgot to t Mr ay, remembering t.