“You needn’t look at us so accusingly,” Rosanna said with surprising spirit. “We wouldn’t take or damage one single thing in that house.”
Caleb’s face softened.
“I didn’t mean to suggest that you would. I believe you two girls aren’t like those others. But you were speaking of the organ. Why are you so interested in it?”
“Because we’ve been hearing music at night,” Penny informed. “It seems to come from that room on the third floor.”
Caleb regarded her in awe. “Then it’s true, the things they say.”
“What things?” Rosanna asked impatiently.
“That the house is haunted. If Mr. Winters really is dead it may be——”
“Nonsense!” Penny cut in. “Rosanna and I don’t believe in ghosts. And what’s more, I doubt if you do, Caleb Eckert! That so-called ghost is a very live one. If you won’t help me, I’ll solve the mystery alone!”
And with this declaration, Penny stalked from the cabin, followed by the faithful Rosanna.
“Perhaps you’ve antagonized him now,” the latter said as they went back to the house on the cliff.