And down-stairs she went and wakened the butler and footman.

Soon they were all searching the house, the butler armed with a gun, the others with large pokers.

No burglars were to be found, and the butler was very cross at having been called out of his bed for nothing at all.
The maids persisted that some one had been in the house, some one who must have escaped while they were giving the alarm.

Mr.Enderby heard the noise and came out of his room and learned the whole story.

After an hour of searching and questioning and discussion all went to bed again, everybody blaming everybody else for the silly mistake that had been made.
Next morning Hetty slept long and soundly after her midnight adventure, and when the maid who called her went into her room she was astonished to see a dog's head on the pillow by the sleeping child.