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She took a wild step in the direction of the door Then the flapping noise was all about her, her nose was buave a horrified shriek

"It's in my hair!" she screaave a triuot it! It's a bat!"

Lizzie sank to her knees, still , and Bailey carried the cause of the trouble over to theand threw it out

But the result of the absurd incident was a further destruction of their morale Even Beresford, so far calm with the quiet of the virtuous onlooker, was now pallid in the light of the hted And onto this strained situation came at last Billy and the Unknown

The Unknown still wore his air of dazed bewilderned, but at least he was now able to ithout support They stared at hiar to his ankles--and wondered He returned their stares vacantly

"Coan Miss Cornelia "Sit down" He obeyed both coh

"Are you better now?"

"Soo"

"I stay, please!" said Billy wistfully, esture toward the darkness of the corridor spoke louder than words

Bailey watched hi in his eyes He could not account for the butler's inexplicable terror of being left alone

"Anderson intimated that the Doctor had an acco hied away "Please, no," he begged pitifully

Bailey turned him around so that he faced the Hidden Room

"Did you know that room was there?" he questioned, his doubts still unquieted

Billy shook his head