Just like as not it's a cat got in when Elkanah was here this forenoon.

Don't be scared, Grace.

Come right along." The girl came along, but not with enthusiasm.

They tiptoed through the dark, narrow hall and peered into the parlor.

This apartment was dim and still and gloomy, as all proper parlors should be, but there was no sign of life.
"Humph!" sniffed Keziah.