"Are you sure?" I demanded.
"Don't be silly," Stoddard told me.
I stood there scratching my head and feeling foolish. Then I got another
idea.
"Have you been up in that, ah, ornamental belfry since you moved in?" I
asked.
"Of course not," Stoddard said. "It's to look at. Not to peek out of."
"I have a hunch the sounds might be even more audible up there," I said.
"Why?"