It was Vita!
[CHAPTER XXI—STRANGE DISCLOSURES]
For a moment no one spoke—they were all so surprised.
“Hello!” called out Vita. “What’s this? A party?” Her English was perfect.
“No, it isn’t Vita,” Nora managed to answer. “I was almost scared to death——”
“Let me tell her, Nora,” interrupted Thistle, the leader.
“I’m not going in that house with her until Cousin Ted comes home,” declared Nora. “Vita is always putting me off. She knows what that noise up in the attic is.”
“Have you heard it before?” asked Betta.
“Yes, a number of times——”
“Then, if the moaner did not die before, Nora, what makes you think the present attack would be fatal?” Wyn came out from the bush to inquire.