I--I wish we had waited until daylight." "Well, frankly, so do I," I responded, "but the thought comes too late.
There is nothing left us but to try the house; we cannot pass the night out here." "No, oh, no!" "Then come on," and I picked up the suit cases.

"We will probably be laughing at ourselves in five minutes.

You will have to unlatch the gate." It was held in place by a sagging rope, but opened noiselessly, and we advanced onto a brick walk, so little used as to be half hidden by weeds growing in the crevices.

The moon dimly revealed rank vegetation on either side, while ahead, beneath the tree shadows, the darkness was profound.

There was no sound, no faintest gleam of light to indicate the house, and I was compelled to advance cautiously to keep to the path, which apparently wound about in the form of a letter "S." We were at the foot of the front steps, the building itself looming black before us, almost before we realized its nearness.