But the
fact that it was so had made Antony interested in her; and it was
for this reason that he had followed up so alertly Bill's casual
mention of her in connection with the dressing-up business. He
felt that he wanted to know a little more about Miss Norris and
the part she had played in the Red House circle. By sheer luck,
as it seemed to him, he had stumbled on the answer to his
question.
Miss Norris was hurried away because she knew about the secret
passage.
The passage, then, had something to do with the mystery of
Robert's death. Miss Norris had used it in order to bring off
her dramatic appearance as the ghost. Possibly she had
discovered it for herself; possibly Mark had revealed it to her
secretly one day, never guessing that she would make so unkind a
use of it later on; possibly Cayley, having been let into the
joke of the dressing-up, had shown her how she could make her
appearance on the bowling-green even more mysterious and
supernatural. One way or another, she knew about the secret
passage. So she must be hurried away.
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