Chapter 11: Betty

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌⁠In Which the Remorseless and Inexorable Results of Psychical Research Are Revealed to the Very Young

At intervals for the next ten minutes her fresh, sweet, fascinating voice came to him where he stood in the yard; then he heard it growing fainter, more distant, receding; then silence.

Listening, he suddenly heard a far, rushing sound from subterranean depths—like a load of coal being put in—then a