Jess nodded.
“And the ghost lantern appeared?”
“Yes. It did. It was really there, Chetwood.”
“All right. I didn’t think Laura would fall for a thing like that,” scoffed the absent girl’s brother.
“Say!” demanded Lance, who admired Laura greatly and would not let even her brother laugh at her. “All those other girls ran, didn’t they? Jess ran. Why should Laura be any braver than the rest of the bunch?”
“Well! she ought to be,” grunted her brother. Then he turned again to Jess, who was fast recovering her composure now. “And you didn’t see Laura leave the house after your scare?”
“No.”
“How many of you girls were in the house?”
“Only four of us.”
“And three got away?”