"I want to explain to you exactly where and how I heard the voices." "The Whispers are an uncanny thing," said the keeper, with his broad accent.

"I dinna like them, miss; I dinna like tae hear what ye tell me ava." "Oh, don't worry about me, Stewart," she laughed.

"I'm not afraid of any omen.

I only mean to fathom the mystery, and I want your assistance in doing so.

But, of course, you'll say no word to a soul.