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Two days later there was a storm in the middle of the night.

I opened my window and put my head out into the wind and the rain. I looked at the other windows in the house. Most of them were dark. But one window had a light in it. "Somebody isn't sleeping," I thought. "Which room is that?"

I was hot and I couldn't sleep. I got out of bed, went across to the window and looked out at the night. Black clouds hurried across the sky, and the trees moved wildly in the wind. The rain made a loud noise on the window.

There were six windows between my window and the room with the light.

I put on my dressing-gown and went out of my room. The house was dark, and at first I couldn't see very well. I walked along the passage and turned the corner.

"And there are six doors between my room and the locked door!" I thought. "That light is in the locked room. Somebody's in there!"

I went nearer and heard noises.

"Somebody's moving about in the locked room", I thought. "Who is it?"

There it was, the locked room. And there was a light under the door!

Somebody came out of the room, and into the dark passage. Lightning suddenly lit up the house, and I saw who it was.

And I ran back along the passage.

"Now I know how to get into the locked room," I thought. "But what's in there?"

I didn't answer, but ran into my room and closed the door.

Mr Ross heard me. "Who's that?" he called.

There was no storm in the morning, but it was still raining. I got up early and worked on the farm. There were eggs from the chickens and I put them in boxes. I helped to milk the cows and then took them out to the field.

I didn't move and he didn't see me. He locked the door of the room carefully. He didn't put the key in his pocket, but hid it in the plant pot next to the door.

I was afraid to move.

"He's coming along here," I thought. "I must get back to my room."

He came along the passage and stopped outside my door. Then he walked past and went on down the stairs.

"It's Mr Ross!" I thought. "What was he doing in that room in the middle of the night?"

Then the light went off and the door opened.

I took off my dressing-gown and went back to bed. I was shaking because I was afraid.

"Where's Mrs Ross?" I thought.

Later, I went back into the house for breakfast. "Did you sleep all right last night?" asked Mrs Duncan. "Or did the storm wake you up?"

The boat moved away from the island and I waited until it was out at sea. Then I opened the door of my room.

"I… slept all right," I said. I didn't want to tell her about the light in the locked room, or about Mr Ross.

After breakfast, I went back upstairs. Mr Ross was talking on the telephone in his office. My mother was working at her desk. I knew that Mrs Duncan was in the kitchen and that Mr Duncan was working in the garden.

There was nobody in the passage and I ran along to the locked room. The key was still in the plant pot and I took it out. My hand was shaking.

"He's taking her out in the boat," I thought. "Perhaps she's going to Edinburgh."

Then I looked out of the window and saw her with Tony Duncan. They were walking to the boat.

Then I unlocked the door.