“What are you going to do?” Kitty whispered.
“I’m going to bring him up here for the night.”
“Cora will just about kill you, if she catches you!”
“I’ll sneak down so quietly no one will hear me.”
“I don’t like to stay here alone while you’re gone, Dory. It’s too scarey.”
“Then come along.”
“Ugh! It’s too far.”
Doris had finished dressing and now, without making a light, she moved cautiously toward the door.
“Don’t be gone long,” Kitty pleaded in a whisper. “If Wags lets out a yelp while you’re bringing him upstairs, we’re sunk!”
Quietly opening the door, Doris stood and listened. The old mansion was quiet save for the whistling of the wind and the rattling of doors and windows. Hesitating a moment, she noiselessly stole down the hallway. She was not afraid of being heard for she knew Azalea and Iris had rooms in the other wing.