I have now finished the book, which means that I have read to page 156:In the middle of the night when Ellen was asleep she woke up because she heard a ticking sound. She went to look what it was, and once again the clock was ticking. She didn´t know what to do so she went downstairs. There it was a fire in the hearth and a woman was tending a pot that hung over the fire. The women turned around and said something to a white-haired man who was sitting by the fire, paring the figure of a wooden doll with a short-bladed knife. Ellen recognized the man, it was the same man that she had seen in the garden. The man looked up and smiled at her, it was a loving smile. Then the room seemed to shiver… and Ellen felt like she was herself again.
Ellen told Bella about what had happened that night. They supposed that the man and the women must have seen the girl that Ellen had seen in the mirror, and that the girl was their daughter. They were curios and went to Ellen´s room to see if the ghost tried to write something on paper again. The pen twitched and started writing. I could not tell them. Then it took a break and began writing again. My name is Margaret.
The same day Ellen and Violet went to a store to find information about the back house. In the store they met an old man who told them about a fight between Peadar McShane and Sir John Duvalier. The fight ended up with Sir John dead, shot by his own pistol. Ellen didn´t understand what that had to do with their back house, so she asked the old man. He said that McConell, who lived in the house at that time and who´s daughter loved Peadar McShane, hid Peadar McShane in the house while people were looking for him. One night Peadar McShane slipped away, and was cornered on the cliffs…and then the old man said that they knew the rest of the story.
The old man asked why they were so curious about the back house. Then Ellen told him about the pistol that she had found. The old man went away and when he came back he had a pistol with him. On the pistol it stood JD, so they understood that it must be the “partner” to the pistol that they had found. When they were going to leave Violet said that the man must be John Duvalier, and that it was his great-great-grandfather that McShane killed.
Back to Bon Vista Ellen and Violet discussed what they have heard with Bella. They thought that the old man maybe didn´t knew the truth. They thought that Margret hid Peadar McShane without telling her family about it, because the ghost had wrote I could not tell them. They were curious about what Margaret couldn´t tell her parents, so the three girls, Bella, Ellen and Violet tried to have a séance. Under the séance they asked the ghost things…and got answers. What is your second name? Ellen wrote on the paper and the pen started writing McConnell. The pen did a pause then it wrote I did not die…I could not tell them. The girls’ didn´t understand so they asked what? Then the pen wrote Margaret McConnell. Ellen thought and said that she maybe had an idée of what Margaret wanted to tell them.
The next day they went to the cliff again to look at the poem in the stone. Ellen told them that she thought that Peadar McShane didn´t die when he jumped off the cliff. He hid in the cave, where they have found Terence. He must be the one who wrote the poem in the stone, because no one else could know what had happened. Margaret went to the cliff every day to see him, and people thought that she was mad. One day she didn´t came home so people thought that she had jumped, but she had run away with Peadar McShane. Ellen explained that it must be what Margaret tries to tell them. Her parents thought that she was dead, and she couldn´t tell them where she was going and had bad conscience about it.
To see if Ellen had right they went down to the cave. They found out that it was possible to walk through the cave and it must have been so Margaret and Peadar McShane had escaped. Ellen felt better now when she knew what Margaret wanted to tell her and that evening the pen wrote Margaret… I sleep. This is what I think of the book:When I had finished the book I was little bit disappointed, because I had hoped that it would happen more things to Ellen, and I don´t know, maybe they could have found I skeleton in the cave. Now it just ends up that Ellen understand the messages’ that they got. So I´m little disappointed. The book started out so good, and I thought that it would be an exciting, unexpected and scary end, but I was wrong.
An other thing that irritated me was that the author didn´t write anything of what year it was, he wrote that the back house was built 1898 (I think). But he never writs anything of what year it is when Ellen and Bella lives in the house.
The language in the book was rather easy, but some words were different to what I´m used to.
The story reminds me of another book I have read, it is The ghost by the sea by Eileen Dunlop. That book is also about a ghost in a house, but the story is much more exciting and I would rather recommend it if you want to read a scary story.
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Ellen told Bella about what had happened that night. They supposed that the man and the women must have seen the girl that Ellen had seen in the mirror, and that the girl was their daughter. They were curios and went to Ellen´s room to see if the ghost tried to write something on paper again. The pen twitched and started writing. I could not tell them. Then it took a break and began writing again. My name is Margaret.
The same day Ellen and Violet went to a store to find information about the back house. In the store they met an old man who told them about a fight between Peadar McShane and Sir John Duvalier. The fight ended up with Sir John dead, shot by his own pistol. Ellen didn´t understand what that had to do with their back house, so she asked the old man. He said that McConell, who lived in the house at that time and who´s daughter loved Peadar McShane, hid Peadar McShane in the house while people were looking for him. One night Peadar McShane slipped away, and was cornered on the cliffs…and then the old man said that they knew the rest of the story.
The old man asked why they were so curious about the back house. Then Ellen told him about the pistol that she had found. The old man went away and when he came back he had a pistol with him. On the pistol it stood JD, so they understood that it must be the “partner” to the pistol that they had found. When they were going to leave Violet said that the man must be John Duvalier, and that it was his great-great-grandfather that McShane killed.
Back to Bon Vista Ellen and Violet discussed what they have heard with Bella. They thought that the old man maybe didn´t knew the truth. They thought that Margret hid Peadar McShane without telling her family about it, because the ghost had wrote I could not tell them. They were curious about what Margaret couldn´t tell her parents, so the three girls, Bella, Ellen and Violet tried to have a séance. Under the séance they asked the ghost things…and got answers. What is your second name? Ellen wrote on the paper and the pen started writing McConnell. The pen did a pause then it wrote I did not die…I could not tell them. The girls’ didn´t understand so they asked what? Then the pen wrote Margaret McConnell. Ellen thought and said that she maybe had an idée of what Margaret wanted to tell them.
The next day they went to the cliff again to look at the poem in the stone. Ellen told them that she thought that Peadar McShane didn´t die when he jumped off the cliff. He hid in the cave, where they have found Terence. He must be the one who wrote the poem in the stone, because no one else could know what had happened. Margaret went to the cliff every day to see him, and people thought that she was mad. One day she didn´t came home so people thought that she had jumped, but she had run away with Peadar McShane. Ellen explained that it must be what Margaret tries to tell them. Her parents thought that she was dead, and she couldn´t tell them where she was going and had bad conscience about it.
To see if Ellen had right they went down to the cave. They found out that it was possible to walk through the cave and it must have been so Margaret and Peadar McShane had escaped. Ellen felt better now when she knew what Margaret wanted to tell her and that evening the pen wrote Margaret… I sleep. This is what I think of the book:When I had finished the book I was little bit disappointed, because I had hoped that it would happen more things to Ellen, and I don´t know, maybe they could have found I skeleton in the cave. Now it just ends up that Ellen understand the messages’ that they got. So I´m little disappointed. The book started out so good, and I thought that it would be an exciting, unexpected and scary end, but I was wrong.
An other thing that irritated me was that the author didn´t write anything of what year it was, he wrote that the back house was built 1898 (I think). But he never writs anything of what year it is when Ellen and Bella lives in the house.
The language in the book was rather easy, but some words were different to what I´m used to.
The story reminds me of another book I have read, it is The ghost by the sea by Eileen Dunlop. That book is also about a ghost in a house, but the story is much more exciting and I would rather recommend it if you want to read a scary story.
//Läslusen
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