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THE GRAY MASK
You heard it, too," she breathed. "It wasn't the wind."
With a shuddering gesture she indicated McDonald's still form.
"He isn't dead," Garth said.
While she relaxed a little the fear in her eyes didn't diminish.
"I—I heard her moan," she said. "I opened my door, and there she was—a black thing—bending over him like—like a vampire. I couldn't seem to see her face. She ran up these stairs, and I could see through the banisters that she went in the big attic room—the room they always talked about where the woman—"
She broke off, screaming sharply again.
"Look out! Back of you! There's something black creeping up the stairs—"
