The Riddle House

           ThevillagersofLittleHangletonstillcalledit"theRiddleHouse,"eventhoughithadbeenmanyyearssincetheRiddlefamilyhadlivedthere. Itstoodonahilloverlookingthevillage,someofitswindowsboarded,tilesmissingfromitsroof,andivyspreadinguncheckedoveritsface. Onceafine-lookingmanor,andeasilythelargestandgrandestbuildingformilesaround,theRiddleHousewasnowdamp,derelict,andunoccupied. 

           TheLittleHangletonsallagreedthattheoldhousewas"creepy." Halfacenturyago,somethingstrangeandhorriblehadhappenedthere,somethingthattheolderinhabitantsofthevillagestilllikedtodiscusswhentopicsforgossipwerescarce. Thestoryhadbeenpickedoversomanytimes,andhadbeenembroideredinsomanyplaces,thatnobodywasquitesurewhatthetruthwasanymore. Everyversionofthetale,however,startedinthesameplace:Fiftyyearsbefore,atdaybreakonafinesummer’smorningwhentheRiddleHousehadstillbeenwellkeptandimpressive,amaidhadenteredthedrawingroomtofindallthreeRiddlesdead. 

           Themaidhadrunscreamingdownthehillintothevillageandrousedasmanypeopleasshecould. 

           "Lyingtherewiththeireyeswideopen!Coldasice!Stillintheirdinnerthings!" 

           Thepoliceweresummoned,andthewholeofLittleHangletonhadseethedwithshockedcuriosityandill-disguisedexcitement. NobodywastedtheirbreathpretendingtofeelverysadabouttheRiddles,fortheyhadbeenmostunpopular. ElderlyMr.andMrs.Riddlehadbeenrich,snobbish,andrude,andtheirgrown-upson,Tom,hadbeen,ifanything,worse. 

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