Once the men had all recaptured their composure, Mathew remembered the sound of footsteps on the roof which they had heard earlier when they first entered the room.
It was obvious to him that someone must have broken out through the bedroom window and somehow managed to escape onto the roof before he and his men arrived.
Vincent stayed back with Father James who was still shaken from his encounter with Vera, while Mathew and his men made a thorough search of the farm. They found a ladder in one of the outhouses and used it to gain access to the roof, but there was no sign of anyone ever being up there.
They searched every barn and shed across the entire property, but once again they came up empty. Whoever it was who Mathew heard running across the roof had obviously made good their esca
