The devil is a heartbreak away. 
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The sign clearly showed that the ashes I looked at was the former house of the Compton's. Catherine didn't utter a single word. The house was scorched and it looked like a centuries incident. Some of it's parts had been blown away. Cathy had gone to the backyard and beckoned me to come. My legs felt like jelly I was unsure how I had managed to walk. There were small tombstones in the backyard and the first that I caught sight of was lady Kerrie's. I gulped. I didn't like where it was headed but I had to know it all. I looked from one tomb to the other when my eyes rested on one. 
Edward Compton 
1876-1887
I felt my world whirl at that time. Hadn't Cathy held my hand I would have taken a toss. How could the man I had seen in the flesh have died twenty years ago. More so as a child. Was I delusional? Someone had played a trick on me and was enjoying it at my cost. How could I have fallen for a dead being?Or worse a spirit? Tears pricked my eyes. I couldn't believe it. It was too much to comprehend.

The Devil's Incarnate

Mr Will was in a chirpy mood. He was an odd being, I should have thought him to be too shocked to speak. Considering the yester nights incident. James couldn't come and so Peter stood in as the footman. Mr Will talked endlessly and I replied nonchalantly. I thought of Susanna. What had transpired that made her have such morbid dreams of drowning. She was calling out for her sister, it was possible her sister had a hand in it. I began to wonder what it was. No one in the household was kind enough to tell me anything. They kept it under wraps. Mr Thomas got into the room and ordered everyone to leave. He and Mrs buttercup remained. Helena ordered Ursula to stroll her that she may have a peek. I watched her look at Susanna with distaste then ordered Ursula to take her back to her room. 


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