"Burton!" called Mrs. Falkener's voice from the head of the stairs.
Crane and his cook drew slightly closer together, as if against a common enemy.
"Do you suppose she can have heard us?" he asked.
"I think she's perfectly capable of trying to hear."
Crane smiled.
"I took a great risk, Jane-Ellen, when I advised you to be candid."
"Burton!" said the voice again.
"Merciful powers!" exclaimed Crane. "She calls like Juliet's nurse."
The cook laughed.
"But you must be prompter than Juliet was."