Elidor (Essential Modern Classics)
“In the brightly lit compartment, and among other people, he realised that there could be a normal explanation for everything. He knew that static electricity could produce strange effects, and the engineer had said there was a lot of it in the house. He had frightened himself before by staring at something quite ordinary in a poor light. “Come off it, Roland. You’re always imagining things.” That was a family joke.
When he reached home Roland put the Treasures on a high shelf in the garage, whe...re they would be unnoticed until they could be hidden in the loft over the bathroom.
By now most of his fright had dropped away. He left the garage, crossed to the house, and shut the kitchen door behind him, all rather quickly, but already the impression of what he had seen was becoming very confused. The shadows were not so clearly shadows; they could have been faults in the wall plaster shown up by the torchlight, or an effect of the dust and the static electricity: somehow.
Friday was the best day of the week.MoreLess
When he reached home Roland put the Treasures on a high shelf in the garage, whe...re they would be unnoticed until they could be hidden in the loft over the bathroom.
By now most of his fright had dropped away. He left the garage, crossed to the house, and shut the kitchen door behind him, all rather quickly, but already the impression of what he had seen was becoming very confused. The shadows were not so clearly shadows; they could have been faults in the wall plaster shown up by the torchlight, or an effect of the dust and the static electricity: somehow.
Friday was the best day of the week.MoreLess
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