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.