Hill House, not sane, stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm… - Shirley Jackson

Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.

…Silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.

Some places have already quit lotteries." Mrs. Adams said.
"Nothing but trouble in that," Old Man Warner said stoutly. "Pack of young fools.

The least Charles could have done,' Constance said, considering seriously, 'was shoot himself through the head in the driveway.

I wished they were all dead and I was walking on their bodies.