There were no window sashes or panes in the house, and the door had long since rotted from the hinges.
"He'll never come out.

Let's go home," added Ed Higgins conclusively.
"Are you coming ?" sang out Bonner from the interior of the house.

His voice sounded prophetically sepulchral.
"Consarn it, cain't you wait a minute ?" replied Anderson Crow, still bravely but consistently looking for the much-needed dark lantern.
"It's all right in here.

There hasn't been a human being in the house for years.

Come on in; it's fine!" Anderson Crow finally ventured up to the doorway and peeped in.