"_One o'clock. No sign of the bug. Ticking continues. Wife getting
sleepy._
"_Two o'clock. No sign of the bug. Ticking intermittent. Wife fast
asleep._
"_Three o'clock. No sign of the bug. Ticking pretty steady. Julia and
Anna getting sleepy._
"_Four o'clock. No sign of the bug. Ticking regular, but not spirited.
Wife, Julia, and Anna, all fast asleep in their chairs._
"_Five o'clock. No sign of the bug. Ticking faint. Myself feeling
drowsy. The rest still asleep._"
So far the journal.
--Rap! rap! rap!
A terrific, portentous rapping against a door.
Startled from our dreams, we started to our feet.
Rap! rap! rap!
Julia and Anna shrieked.