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October 28 Such a claht and day I have moved to the old attic room to avoid the dust and unholy noise

November 22 Mr Hobbes would not allow e at this, he told me as kindly as possible that there had been a terrible misfortune in the cellar and the old furnaceelse He smiled as he said this, and I noted that his smile is never quite mirrored in his eyes, which are the coldest shade of blue

January 15 I aht by grief at speaking with my dear mother and father so often and by the assessor’s continued letters for payment of taxes I haven’t the money "Sell Knowles’ End to me, my dear, and I shall pay the taxes and you will live on as before, with none the wiser that you are not the sole owner of the house Your good standing need never be in question," Mary said toKnowles’ End, but how much worse to lose it to the auction block I shall think on it Mary offered me sine and insisted I drink it all to soothe my nerves

January 20 My sleep is disturbed by the most terrible dreams

April 21 I found him in the dark of the parlor, naked "Look on rowled And his eyes burned in the dark like twin fires I re after but that I woke inthat I did not need a physician, only to rest and let her care for me

May I know not what day it is, for the days run together as currents in a stream They hold odd séances below I can hear theo downstairs, and too afraid

August It is terribly hot A foul stench perone, I know not where

Septe all within The servants, the few re, fear him He tells the most fantastical tales Once, he clai member of a lost, chosen tribe, when I knoas poor as a church e in Brooklyn Every time it is a new tale, until it is impossible to knohat is truth and what folly

September 20 I will have no more of that woman’s sine

September 28 The lack of wine has made me terribly ill For a week, I have lain upon the bed, writhing and vo servant, Ehtened as I It seems she chanced upon a locked rooh a trapdoor and a chute that she surmises can only lead to the cellar

October 3 I akened in the night by screaan

October 8 Emily has not come for six days

October 10 With effort, I roused myself from bed and went downstairs The shutters were sealed and the house had the feel of a tomb "Where is Eh beneath one rather suddenly to be with her sister, as in childbirth," the beast answered "Strange that she did not es," I said "She did not wish to trouble you with such petty concerns," he answered "Then why has she gone without her purse?" I asked, for I had gone to her room first and found it there, untouched Mrs White materialized then at his side, drawn by the tone of my voice, no doubt "We shall see that it is returned to her, the poor dear So worried was she about her sister"

What woain, I was stopped fro the cellar by Mr Hobbes "It isn’t safe," he said, and soaze, hadback to my room

October 15 I hear whispers in the very walls Oh, some terrible calamity is surely at hand!

October 17 Mrs White has gone to the country to perform her services as medium The charlatan! I am alone in the house with him

October 19 Today, when I saw Mr Hobbes’s carriage pulling froe and into the street, I hurried downstairs and, with a hairpin, worked at the lock of the curio cabinet until I heard it give Then I read his terrible book Profane! Obscene! Filled with degradation and filth! It was all I could do not to pitch it into the stove Oh, I aer! I have written to my dear cousin oncethe house to that terrible woman? Trickery and deceit! Lies and more lies! I shall take it back I am Ida Knowles, and this is my house, built byin the cellar I must see it for myself