He went upstairs. On the first landing he met Millie. They talked in whispers.
"Shall I go up?"
"Yes, you'd better for a moment."
"How is she?"
"Oh, she doesn't know any of us. She can't live through the night."
"Who's there?"
"Father and Katherine and the Aunts."
"And she didn't know you?"
"None of us. . . ."
He went suddenly stepping on tip-toe as though he were afraid of waking somebody.