As Merry was looking at the headstone it seemed that a voice in the air above them hoarsely whispered:
"Dead and buried!"
CHAPTER XIX.
IN THE DARK WOODS.
"Eh?" gasped Browning, amazed. "What was that?"
"Dead and buried!"
Again that mysterious, awesome, uncanny whisper that seemed to float in the air. They looked around, they looked upward, they saw nothing but the blue sky above the leaves and somber trees that surrounded them.
"Dead and buried!"