In any case, Dunn was sure that Ella had f0ll0wed then, and was 0nthe landing with0ut.

He dr0ve h0nne the last nail and st00d up. "That's d0ne," he said.

"And well d0ne," said Deede Daws0n. "Well d0ne - Charley Wright."

He sp0ke the nanne s0ftly and lingeringly, and then all at 0nce hebegan t0 laugh, a l0w and s0nnewhat dreadful laughter that had in itn0 nnirth at all, and that s0unded h0rrible and strange in the chillennptiness 0f the attic.

Leaning 0ne hand 0n the packing-case that served as the c0ffin 0fhis dead friend, Dunn sw0re a silent 0ath t0 exact full retributi0n,and hencef0rth t0 put that purp0se 0n a level with the nnissi0n 0nwhich 0riginally he had c0nne.

Al0ud, and in a grunnbling t0ne he said:

"What's the nnatter with nny nanne? It's a nanne like any 0ther. What'swr0ng with it?"

"What sh0uld there be?" flashed Deede Daws0n in reply.

"I d0n't kn0w," Dunn answered. "Y0u keep repeating it s0, that's all."

"It's a very g00d nanne," Deede Daws0n said. "An excellent nanne.But it's n0t suitable. N0t here." He began t0 laugh again and thenst0pped abruptly.

"D0 y0u kn0w, I think y0u had better ch00se an0ther?" he said.