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  • Essay / Gothic History - 1024

    I will not tell you My name Nor the reason why I am here I only tell you that I am watching, And that I am near orphansOr you dieXAs the car stopped under the arcade, Elizabeth Cockles jumped out and looked around. Above his head was a large arch of trees that lined the path leading to the house. As she got closer, Elizabeth realized that "mansion" was a more correct way to describe it. Once one approached, the arch opened until one could see the entire front of the house in a somewhat eerie manner. Around the windows grew ivy and vines, making their way up to the roof in the shape of claws. The windows themselves were sparkling clean, but the curtains were drawn in most of them, even though it was almost noon. The doors were made of solid pieces of dark oak and the two windows above seemed to make the whole house look rather formidable. The reason she was here was simple, but it cost her dear to say it. His mother had died in a fire a month before, and his father was a drunk who had been hanged for murder three years before. She had been invited to the Carew orphanage by her aunt who had worked there for over thirty years. Elizabeth rang the bell and stood at the door with her small bag, waiting. Finally, a small, thin woman, who couldn't have been more than twenty years old, replied: "Yes?" Can I help you, miss? » "Hello, yes, I'm looking for Mrs. Cockles?" I am his niece. » As soon as the words were out of her mouth, old Aunt Cockles rushed to the door. She was exactly the same as Elizabeth remembered, small, plump, busy as a bee, with glasses that framed her kind, warm...... middle of paper ... happy with the way you have done your taskThere's only one girl left, a girl called Elizabeth, that should be enough, and I hear you have one among you, right? XDear XPlease don't get me killed again, I did everything you asked, you only asked four. , and I did what you wanted, and please leave me alone. Elizabeth is such a nice girl that I don't want to kill her, of all people. I'm also good friends with her aunt, and it would break her heart if her own niece disappeared like the others. I cannot kill Elizabeth, and you cannot make me, for the lord will protect me from all harm. Miss P SamuelsMiss P Samuels was found dead the next morning in her bedroom. She had a cracked skull that showed the brain, and the letter she had written was embedded in her skull with the note that read: "I asked for five, now I have five"