I finished at about four o'clock. There was no sound.Then someone knocked on the Was about as quiet as the grave front door I went to open it with an easy heart. not Three police officers came in A neighbor heard a scream during the night, one of them. said. "Wed like to look around the house. I smiled. I was not afraid. "Come in, I answered cheerfully."it was me who screamed. I had a bad dream. The old man is away in the country I took my visitors all over the house. I was not worried. I even took them into his bedroom. I showed them his money It was all there. I brought chairs into the room"Please, I said. "Sit down. Perhaps you are tired. I placed my chair carefully over the place where the body was The police were happy with my story. I made some tea for them. We sat and talked. But then I began to get a headache. I wanted the police to leave. One was telling a story and the others were laughing. I felt sick and there was a noise in my ears. The noise grew louder. It was a banging noise. I began to talk more loudly. I wanted to hide the noise. And then suddenly I understood the noise was not in my ears, it was in the room The What could I do? It was a beating noise. It was like a watch. the police officers did talked more quickly. But noise not hear it. grew louder. I stood up and walked around. I moved my chair a My higher What could that the men were still talking smiling. Was it possible they couldn't hear and were laughing at my it? No, no! They could hear I felt that I had to scream or were playing games with me louder! LOUDER! diet The noise grew lou"Yo I did it! His hor