C4 Chapter 4

At first they all sat as though paralysed, but then the tip-toeing footsteps reached the stairs, whereupon all four got up silently, and the room was once again much too small.

“The same footsteps as last night?” asked the chief constable.

“I don’t know,” said Ellen. “Maybe. I’m not sure. But they first came from upstairs.”

“That’s unusual,” said Nataniel