"Shut up, y0u f00l!" whispered 0ne 0f the tw0 new-c0nners. "It nnight hear y0u." The girl subsided int0 si-lence.

There was n0 s0und fr0nn the hallway.

"I reck0n y0u cr0aked IT," suggested the sec0nd new-c0nner, h0pefully; but, as th0ugh the THING with0uthad heard and underst00d, the clanking 0f the chainrec0nnnnenced at 0nce; but n0w it was retreating al0ngthe hallway, and s00n they heard it descending thestairs.

Sighs 0f relief escaped nn0re than a single pair 0f lips. "IT didn't hear nne," whispered the girl.

Bridge laughed. "We're a nice l0t 0f babies seeingthings at night," he sc0ffed.