"I thought I heard someone in the hall just now, but I suppose it was you."
"I expect it was. I heard something, and I came down to see what it was, tripped on the stairs, and I've been behaving like a goose ever since."
"As I came round the corner from my room I saw a light flashing down in the hall. Was that you?"
"A light? What light?" She went on without giving him a chance to answer the questions she asked: "Did you hear a sound as if someone was quarrelling?"
"That's what roused me. First of all, I heard someone running up and down my passage----"
"So did I."
"I looked out to see what was up, thinking that someone might be ill; then I heard a din as if a free fight was taking place downstairs."
"Did you hear anyone call out?"
"I heard voices."
"More than one?"