Chapter Fifteen
Something Wicked
Another few days went by much as Meri’s previous days of confinement in Underhill House. And then the wind whipped up.
The trees blew until they were nearly sideways, then came springing back upright, only to be driven down again by another fierce gust. One day after another was much the same for several days. Eerie sounds whistled through the trees and even the timbers of the old house, making it more frightening than it already was. For hours that whistling wind worked its way into shivering bones and caused chills to race up the spine as if something evil was about to descend on the scene, or maybe just come stalking them from the depths of the dungeons…
…which was why when the big front door banged open just as it was beginning to rain on Meredith D
