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Bert Bobbsey did not know what had caused that crashing sound any more than did Nan. For a few moments he was frightened, as was his sister. Certainly that crash was enough to scare any one, coming as it did in the midst of the storm. And when you take four children, none of them very old, and put them in a house all alone, except for Aunt Sallie Pry, ill in bed, there is some reason for them to be afraid.
"Oh, what was it? " cried Nan again. "There it goes some more! " she went on, as the banging, crashing sound repeated itself. "What is it, Bert?"