I was shocked to find that there, in front of me, were the four senses playing poker

The whole idea of a haunted manor house is a story type that I have often liked, but we did not do it that well.

You see Sophie, it is the story of the people who worked and lived, not the house that matters. The history of a house is the history of the people who have lived in it.

I peered through the old, mossy, stained glass windows at the interior, and it was as I guessed, run down. Were my parents really going to make this place home?

Candles were expensive, so only the wealthy could afford to use them in quantity. That night Lord and Lady Greenwood retired to their chambers earlier than normal.