It was before Adelaide came in." "A near sound, or a far ?" "Far, but I cannot locate it--indeed, I cannot.

I forgot it in a moment." "But you remember it now ?" "Yes." "And cannot you remember _now_ any other noises than those you speak of?
That time you stepped into the hall--when your teeth chattered, you know--did you hear nothing then but the sighing of the pines ?" She looked startled.

Her hands went up and one of them clutched at her throat, then they fell, and slowly--carefully--like one feeling his way--she answered: "I had forgotten.

I did hear something--a sound in one of the doorways.
It was very faint--a sigh--a--a--I don't know what.

It conveyed nothing to me then, and not much now.