"It is I--Sisily." The window opened suddenly, and Mrs.Thalassa stood there looking out at her like a small grey ghost--a ghost with watchful glittering eyes.
"Go away--go away," she whispered with a cunning glance.

"Quick! They're looking for you--they'll catch you." Sisily's heart went cold within her.

"Where is Thalassa ?" she faltered.
"Send him to me--tell him I have come back." Her eyes travelled vainly around the gloom of the empty kitchen in search of him.
"He's gone--gone away!" "Gone?
Oh, no, no! Don't say that.

Where has he gone ?" "I don't know.

He went away.