"Who can it be?" said Stephen. "Oh, Audrey, let's fetch father?" "No, wait a bit," said Audrey; "your father won't be in. Let's watch it; perhaps we shall see some one." But although they watched for a long time, no one appeared in the church, nor were they able to discover from whence the light came. It was not a steady light; it flickered up and down, and the shadows on the roof flickered with it. Nothing else moved in the old church; all else was still as death. But Stephen's heart was beating faster and faster as the minutes went on; and Audrey, feeling how much he trembled, was just going to yield to his wish to go home, when quite suddenly, as suddenly as it had appeared a few minutes before, the light went out, and the old church was once more left in darkness. CHAPTER VIII Children of Light IT was a little hard on the children, when they went home to tell their tale of the strange light in the church, to find that no one would believe them. Aunt Cordelia was inclined to be angry, and said: "Whoever heard of a light in the old church? They shouldn't make up such stories!" Stephen's father only laughed, and told him he must not think of it again; little boys fancied strange things sometimes. Even Granny Robin seemed to imagine that their being out late, and their having felt rather frightened, had something to do with it. But Stephen and Audrey knew better, and, without saying a word to any one, they would creep out night after night, and would climb upon the fiat tomb that they might look for the sight. But day after day of that week went by, and they never saw it again. "Perhaps it only comes on Sunday," said Stephen. "We must wait and see," said Audrey. "I do hope it will come, and then we will fetch them to see it, and they will all believe it." Meanwhile the two children had another talk with Granny Robin. "Did you ever get into the Kingdom of Light?" little Stephen asked her. "Yes, my child," said the old woman, "I did." "And how long did you stay there?" said Audrey. "Weren't you sorry to come away, Granny Robin?" "I never came away," said the old woman; "I'm there now!" "There now?" repeated Stephen; and he looked round the room, which was fast growing dark, and was full of the shadows of the trees outside. "Did you say you were there now, Granny Robin? I don't think it's very bright now; and then you're blind, you know, and couldn't see it if it was." "It's always bright in the Kingdom of Light, and I can see that sunshine, Stephen," she said. "I think Granny Robin means her soul can see," said Audrey. "Quite right, dear child," said the old woman; "it is my soul, and not my poor old body, that is in the Kingdom of Light." "I wish I was in the Kingdom of Light," said Audrey. "You must cross over, Audrey," said Granny Robin. "How can we cross?" asked little Stephen. "Just as I did," she said. "You can't walk over or swim over; there is only one way." "What way is that?" asked Audrey.