It was one of the old houses, and it was very dark.

I was a child, I thought, and I was ...

I was afraid of something.
The passages were all dark, and I went crying in the dark, looking for a light, and there was none.

Then I heard a voice talking, a great way off.

Father---" Her hand gripped his more tightly, and again her eyes went round the room.
With great difficulty Percy repressed a sigh.