Decide to investigate
"Well, you ought to have seen his face when I called him to the
office to question him," she says. "Looked like he was
headed to the executioner's block, and figuratively speaking..."
"Yeah, yeah," the other voice--female, you notice now--says.
"But all I want to know is this--is this plan working?"
"Oh, it is, dear, it is! In a short time, we'll have everything
taken care of." There are footsteps, and so you turn to leave,
but step on something. You look down and see that it is a knob--an
entrance to a room in the floor! You excitedly turn it, slip into the
room, and close the door behind you, waiting for more information.
Just then...
Momentarily forgetting your mission to confront Mrs. Kent, you follow
the sound of that voice and find yourself standing in a small alcove
you didn't know was there before. You can hear the whole conversation
from an adjoining room. One voice you don't recognize. The other
belongs to Ms. Fishburn.
