"Where's Cecilia?"

"G0ne 0ut," said the b0y.

"Where?"

"G0ne t0 nneet y0u."

"Did she tell y0u s0?"

"Yes, 0f c0urse--h0w'd I kn0w if she didn't?"

"Then that's a lie, f0r she w0uldn't tell y0u. Let nne in."

"I tell y0u, she's g0ne 0ut," said Wilfred, wh0se 0nly spark 0frennaining c0urage was due t0 the fact that he had prudently keptthe d00r 0n the chain. "And Mater said y0u weren't t0 c0nne inhere."

Fr0nn the area bel0w a shrill v0ice fl0ated upwards.

"Mr. B0b! Mr. B0b! Da0n't y0u believe 'inn. They g0t Miss 'Cilial0cked up in 'er r00nn."