0:00 chapter 5 the open window my aunt will
0:04 be down presently Mr nuttle said a very
0:07 self-possessed young girl of 15.
0:10 in the meantime you must try and put up
0:13 with me
0:14 Brampton Nutter try to say polite things
0:17 to Mrs suppleton's knees to keep up a
0:20 steady flow of conversation
0:23 privately he wondered whether these
0:26 formal visits on total strangers would
0:28 do much towards curing him
0:31 actually Mr nuttle was suffering from
0:34 some nerve disease and doctors had
0:37 suggested a change of residence so he
0:40 decided to shift from London to a quiet
0:43 Village in the outskirts
0:45 his sister had given him some letters of
0:48 introduction to the people she knew
0:50 there
0:51 you know many of the people around here
0:54 don't you ask the knees
0:57 hardly a soul said Brampton
1:00 my sister was staying here you know some
1:04 four years ago and she knows some of the
1:06 people here then you know practically
1:08 nothing about my aunt
1:10 pursue the self-possessed young lady
1:14 be her name and address
1:16 admitted Frampton
1:18 her great tragedy happened just three
1:21 years ago said the knees that would be
1:24 after your sister had left
1:27 her tragedy
1:28 asked Frampton
1:30 somehow in this peaceful region
1:33 tragedies seemed out of place
1:36 you may wonder why we keep that window
1:39 wide open on a November afternoon
1:42 said the girl indicating a large french
1:46 window that opened onto a lawn but has
1:49 that window got anything to do with the
1:51 tragedy said Frampton
1:54 out through that window three years ago
1:56 to a day her husband and her two young
1:59 Brothers went off for their days
2:01 shooting they never came back in
2:04 crossing the moon to their favorite duck
2:07 shooting ground they were all three
2:09 engulfed in a treacherous piece of bog
2:11 it had been a threadful wet summer and
2:15 places that were safe in other years
2:17 gave a subtly without warning their
2:20 bodies were never found that was the
2:23 Dreadful part of it
2:25 poor and all these things they'll come
2:28 back one day they and the little brown
2:31 spaniel that was lost with them and
2:34 walking at that window just as they used
2:37 to do
2:39 that is why the window is kept open
2:41 every evening till it is quite dark do
2:45 you know sometimes on quiet evenings
2:47 like this I almost get a creepy feeling
2:51 that they will all walk in through
2:53 window
2:55 she broke off with a shudder it was a
2:58 relief to Frampton when the ant bustled
3:01 into the room with apologies for being
3:03 late
3:05 I hope Vera has been amusing you
3:08 she said
3:09 she has been very interesting
3:12 said Frampton
3:14 I hope you don't mind the open window to
3:17 you said Mrs suppleton my husband and
3:21 brothers will be home directly from
3:23 shooting and they always come this way
3:26 she rattled on cheerfully about the duck
3:29 shooting and the availability of ducks
3:31 in the winter to Frampton it was all
3:35 purely horrible he made an effort to
3:38 turn the talk onto a less ghastly topic
3:41 it was certainly an unfortunate
3:44 coincidence that he should have paid a
3:46 visit on this tragic anniversary
3:49 the doctors say I must have complete
3:52 rest and avoid physical exercise
3:54 announced Frampton
3:57 on the matter of diet they are not so
3:59 much in agreement no
4:01 said Mrs suppleton then she suddenly
4:04 brightened into alert attention but not
4:07 to what franton was saying
4:10 here they are lost she cried just in
4:13 time for tea plant and shivered slightly
4:16 and turned towards the knees the girl
4:19 was staring out through the open window
4:22 with horror in her eyes
4:25 in a shock of nameless fear Frampton
4:27 swung around in his seat and lived in
4:30 the same direction
4:32 in the deepening Twilight three Figures
4:35 were working across the lawn towards the
4:38 window they all carried guns under their
4:41 arms and one of them was burdened with a
4:45 white coat over his shoulders
4:47 a tired Brown spaniel kept close at
4:50 their heels noiselessly they neared the
4:54 house Frampton grabbed wildly at her
4:57 stick and hat the hall door the driveway
5:00 the front gate were dimly noted steps in
5:03 his headlong retreat
5:05 a cyclist coming along the road had to
5:08 run into the Hedge to avoid a collision
5:10 here we are my dear said the bearer of
5:13 the white coat but who was that who ran
5:16 out as we came in a strange man
5:21 uh Mr nuttle
5:23 said Mrs suppleton
5:25 could only talk about his illness
5:28 and dashed off without a word of goodbye
5:30 or apology when you arrived one would
5:34 think he had seen a ghost
5:36 I think it was the Spaniel
5:39 I think it was the Spaniel
5:42 said Vera calmly
5:45 he told me he had a horror of dogs he
5:48 was once hunted into a graveyard
5:51 somewhere in India by a pack of peria
5:54 dogs
5:55 he had to spend the night in a newly dug
5:58 grave with the creatures barking and
6:00 snarling just above him enough to make
6:03 anyone lose their nerve isn't it
6:06 storytelling and short notice was a
6:09 specialty
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