Story 2 Mrs Wood Comes Home: A man called Bill goes
to spend a few days with his friends, Jack and Annie, in
the quiet town of Porchester. On the first night, they talk
about Mrs Wood, a strange, rude old woman who owns
the house opposite. Jack hates the woman, but Annie
has often tried to help her. Bill mentions that he thought
he had seen someone looking out of the window of Mrs
Wood’s house on his previous visits and Annie tells him
that Mrs Wood is now living in Australia. That night Bill
is convinced he sees Mrs Wood looking at him through
her window. He takes a photo of her house. The next
morning Jack tells Bill that Mrs Wood had sworn to get
him and his wife out of their house. Bill returns home and
a postman delivers his developed photos. In his photo of
Mrs Wood’s house there is an old woman looking out of
the window. At that moment Jack runs into the room.
He tells Bill that Mrs Wood died in Australia the day Bill
arrived at his house and that the previous night Annie had
answered a knock at the door. He had heard her say ‘Mrs
Wood, you’ve come home’ before she died on the spot
from fear.