I went up from the cellar, and she was standing at the kitchen door, shaking like a leaf with fright.

She said there'd been a terrible crash right over her head in Mr.Turold's study.

I took a lamp and went upstairs, and knocked at the door, but I got no reply.

I knocked three times as loud as I could, but there wasn't a sound.

At that I gets afeered myself, so I put on my hat and coat to go across to the churchtown to fetch Dr.Ravenshaw.Then a knock come to the front door, and when I opened the door there was the doctor and Mr.and Mrs.Pendleton." "How long was that after the crash upstairs ?" "No longer than it took me to go upstairs, knock at the door, and getting no answer, go downstairs to put on my coat and hat.