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Rita ran to obey Julie took Ramses' hand

"Come with me, upstairs, immediately," she said to hi Close it up fast and come"

No sooner had Rita slid the bolt than they were knocking and pulling the bell The shrill clanging from the back of the house startled Ra and to the back of the house as though he had heard the sound traveling the wire to the kitchen wall

Julie tugged hiently, and to her amazement he followed easily as they made their way up the stairs

She could hear little cries of distress co as she had been told Julie heard the thump as the lid of the coffin slid into place

And Ra at the wallpaper, at the framed portraits, at the knickknack shelf nestled in the corner at the top of the stairs He was looking at the stained-glassHe looked down at the wool carpet with its pattern of feathers and twisted leaves

The pounding was beco quite i her name

"What shall I do, miss?" Rita called out

"Co her with a strange mixture of patience and amusement "You look normal," she whispered "Perfectly normal Beautiful, but normal" She pulled him on down the hallway "The bath, Rita!" she shouted as Rita appeared, quivering and tentative, behind him "Quick Run the bath"

She brought him on towards the front of the house as Rita hurried past They had stopped their pounding for a rind of a key in the lock But the bolt, thank God for that! The pounding started again

Rah He peered into the bedrooms as he passed the on its dusty chain froht bulbs looked dull and opaque in the daylight, but they were burning, and he narrowed his eyes to study this, gently resisting her for the first time

"Later you can see it!" she said in panic The water was roaring into the tub The stea out of the door

He gave her another decorous little nod with a slight lift of his eyebrows, and followed her into the bath The shining tile seemed to please hiht sparkling in the frosted glass Gently he exa out on the two sides until he could see the rooftops spread out before hi sky above

"Rita, Father's clothes," Julie said breathlessly They were going to break down that door any et his robe, slippers, a shirt, whatever you can lay hands on at once"

Ra in the sunlight Julie could see his hairThe hair see thicker