They stood quietly there, with anxious hearts; they could
not guess what they would see. They were afraid that something would
happen to Arthur, and Susie regretted that she had not insisted on going
with him. Suddenly she remembered that awful moment when the light of the
lamp had been thrown where all expected to see a body, and there was
nothing.
'What do you think it meant?' she cried suddenly. 'What is the
explanation?'
'Perhaps we shall see now,' answered the doctor.
Arthur still lingered, and she could not imagine what had become of him.
All sorts of horrible fancies passed through her mind, and she dreaded
she knew not what. At last they heard a footstep inside the house, and
the door was opened.
'I was convinced that nobody slept here, but I was obliged to make sure.
I had some difficulty in getting in.'
Susie hesitated to enter. She did not know what horrors awaited her, and
the darkness was terrifying.
'I cannot see,' she said.
'I've brought a torch,' said Arthur.
He pressed a button, and a narrow ray of bright light was cast upon the
floor.
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