The House Part 40

Chapter Six in which Margret wakes up
Darkness surrounded Margret. She did not know how long she had been awake. It could have been 30 seconds it could have been 30 minutes it could have been 30 hours all there was darkness and a strange clicking. She was not sure where she was but she knew that it was very big and totally empty except for her and whatever was making the peculiar clicking noise. Suddenly, out of the darkness came a familiar voice.
“Hello Margret.” The voice said, “It's been a while.”
“What?!” Margret said, turning her head sharply towards the direction which the voice had come from, “You're, you're, you're dead!”
“True.” A different but equally familiar voice said, from a totally different direction, “But then, so am I.”
“You see Margret,” A third voice said from right behind Margret. This voice was the most familiar of them all and the sound of it almost gave Margret a heart attack, “There are more things going on in the House than even the Master Computer knows.”
“How,” Margret asked, suddenly regaining the ability to speak, “Are you all still alive?”
“That is a very, very long story.” Philip said leaning into Margret's ear, “But one that I think you will enjoy.”

End of Book One