Wind howls through the floors. She is trying not to panic. It is taking a great deal of energy to let all the spirits through and to let them speak. She looks over at Archie: he is terrified, chain-smoking, not knowing whether to get up and close the door or go near his wife. She feels fearful then, too. Looking at the sisters Agnes realises they remind her of a girl she used to sit next to at school. Their mother. She is sure of it. They played hopscotch. The woman has sent her daughters to her home and it is their right to be allowed, all of them - Jessie, too, and her daughter – to speak freely.

– Tell me what you need to move on.

– We don’t get to, Elise snaps.

– The girls can though. If you can help them that will help at least, Jessie says.

– I can see him walking through the rooms. His knife has my sister’s blood on it and Jessie’s and Hope’s. The walls are open. He has a huge saw in the hall. He planned it. It’s just him in the building with three bodies. In the hallway to his parlour downstairs there are stains on the wood like tears of blood.

– You killed them!

Clementine lands in front of him and shakes her wings out.

Agnes feels one side of her body go entirely numb.

Mary puts her arms down and opens her eyes. She looks at Mr Udnam with such hatred and confusion. He steels himself against it, his eyes turn black and his reptilian skin is revealed, his deep hatred! Agnes watches as the other side of her body goes numb. She can no longer understand words properly. The light is fading. She grips Dora’s hands even tighter and the woman opens her eyes, realising her friend is in danger.

– Send them to the light!

– Who?

– All the younger sisters, I can’t do it for Jessie and Elise and Hope but the other sisters can still go – there’s a light there, look, see…

The sisters turn. A light comes into the room from the storm outside – clouds swirl through it. Mary looks at Elise who nods, emphatically. It is her job as the youngest to go first.

– He took off her head. It is still here! They are all still in this building. She must lead her sisters out of this realm.

– Agnes, you’re not breathing properly!

Over at the table, Archie touches his wife. She cannot see anything at all and she is stiff on one side.

– Let the girls go!

These are Agnes Campbell’s final words.

Hope runs forward – as her angel cousins all pass – one by one – up into the light.

– Come with us!

They call back to the infant.

– She can’t!

Elise is frantic.