Their voices were muffled and far away. But still, I was terrified. I heard then calling everywhere----along the halls, through all the rooms, in the basement and the cellar. Also outside, far then and farther away, then back in the house all over again. I thought it would never stop. After hours and hours, the house grew quiet. There was only darkness, black as pitch, in the attic. I was no longer so very afraid. I fell soundly asleep soon after