The second time the sound was heard, Jack started up.
"Please ring the bell for the servants, Olive. I am sure I hear a voice calling me. It sounds absurd and yet I must find out who it is. Even if the servants insist this house is haunted, no one has ever yet suggested that the lawn is also haunted."
Then, in characteristic fashion, and without putting a wrap over her white dress or waiting for any one to accompany her, Jack ran through the library and out into the broad hall. There was no one near, so she pulled open the heavy front door.
Leading up to Kent House was a winding avenue of trees. At some little distance down the avenue, Lady Kent thought she could see a dark object apparently standing still in the center of the road. Without pausing even long enough for Olive to join her, she ran through the darkness toward it.
"Jack! Jack! be careful!" she heard the voice call, and this time she recognized whose voice it was.
CHAPTER III
THE VOICE
"BUT, Frieda, how could you possibly have arranged to arrive in the middle of the night like this?"