Chapter 5 – Spooks and Suitors – Lighthearted Halloween Pride and Prejudice Variation

#chapter 5In the days following the dinner party, curious happenings continued to unfold around the neighborhood. The Phillipses returned home one evening to find their doors and windows mysteriously all flung open, giving the poor couple quite a fright. Wild theories blazed through the village. Some believed a malicious ghost was plaguing the homes and inhabitants. Others feared a sinister intruder stalked the lands by night. A few pragmatic souls maintained more ordinary explanations were…