She stopped suddenly: the silence raised wilder horror in Elsie's mind.
"Has he found it?"
"Not yet. He is standing still now, he is throwing the earth back."
"What now—what now?" called Elsie, when Elizabeth paused.
"He is looking about—he is puzzled. There is only that place left—he will miss it. The shadows are blackest there."
Another instant of intent watching, then a low cry.
"He is there—he is there!"
"Stop him!" shrieked Elsie. "Shout to him!"
Elizabeth whispered hoarsely:
"Too late! too late!"