I am so glad, so glad that you are here." Maud Lindesay had again turned towards Margaret.
"Hush," she said soothingly, "it was a dream.

You were frighted by a vision, by a nightmare, by a succubus of the night.

There is no beast within the castle." "But I saw it plainly," the maid cried.

"It opened the door as if it had hands--I saw it stand there by the bed and look at me--oh, so terribly! I saw its teeth glisten and heard them snap together!" "Little one, be still, it was but a dream," said Sholto, untruthfully; "nevertheless I will go and search the rest of the castle." And with these words he went along the corridor, finding the men whom he had summoned by means of his captain's silver call clustered upon the landing of the turret stair which communicated with the third floor.

As he glanced along the oak-panelled corridor, it seemed to Sholto that he discerned a figure vanishing at the further end.
Instantly he resolved on searching, and summoning his men to follow, he led the way down the passage, sword in hand.