From inside the room they could hear the sound of a man, half singing, half moaning.
"Are those rabbits ?" the girl asked, leaning forward, so that her eyes seemed to gleam like live coal through the darkness.

"Cecil, you are being made a fool of by this man.

I don't wish you any harm.

Do the right thing now, and I'll stick by you.

Let this man free, whoever he is.