There was a silence in which I could hear my poor heart thumping, and then when I looked again the figure was gone, and the low creak, creak was heard once more upon the stairs.
Il y eut un moment de silence pendant lequel je pus entendre les battements de mon pauvre coeur. Puis, quand je regardai de nouveau, le fantôme avait disparu et la lente succession des cracs, crac, recommença sur les marches de l'escalier.