Stories Oct, 2013 | Page 459

ready, the moment they left the lawn to report the place clear. CHAPTER XIV THAT NIGHT WEEK DURING the whole of the week, Irene had been thinking every other moment of her promise to the old lady, although even now she could not feel quite sure that she had not been dreaming. Could it really be that an old lady lived up in the top of the house with pigeons and a spinning-wheel, and a lamp that never went out? She was, however, none the less determined, on the coming Friday, to ascend the three stairs, walk through the passages with the many doors, and try to find the tower in which she had either seen or dreamed her grandmot ???()5??????9???() ?qU???q59???q???????qQ???A???????????????????????()A??????????????((0