Tony Walker
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Something white seemed to dart across the musician's gallery, and something follow it as though in pursuit.
And there came that thin wail of pain.
Amelia went rigid with terror.
"'What's the matter, Amelia?'
said Miss Pendleham, leaning forward in her chair.
"'Nothing, Miss Pendleham.
I'll make up the fire and then get tea.'
While she was cooking the dinner that night, she was thinking over what Miss Pendleham had said about Miss Davies.
She had died of what was killing her, of course.
She would die soon now, very soon.
She knew it.
And then Miss Pendleham would get someone else, and one day that someone would die too, for the same reason.
Unless, suddenly she paused in her work.
What was that?
Someone was crying in the servants' hall.
That was something she'd never heard before.
Her heart hammered in her throat, stopped horribly long, then raced away again.
A piercing pain ran through her.
Who was that crying?
She must be brave.