Chapter 75

I did not go up to bed, although it was eleven o’clock. I had a strange feeling of uneasiness, as though something was about to happen, or had happened. And at a little after eleven Jock sat up in the hall and gave tongue to a really dreadful howl. I do not even now pretend to explain that wail, or that when I went into the hall both dogs were standing with their neck ruffs on end, staring into the dark drawing room. I had a picture of that, of the incredulous terror in their attitudes; then they turned and bolted …