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It was April and John Moore was studying for an important examination. As the date of the exam nearer, he decided to find a quiet, little town and work there undisturbed. He his suitcase with clothes and books. In a railway timetable he found a town that he did not know, and bought a ticket to go there. He did not tell anyone where he was going. After all, he did not want to be .

That is how Moore arrived at Benchurch, a small market town. Once a week it was quite busy for a few hours. The rest of the time it was a very quiet place. Moore spent his first night at the only hotel in the town. The landlady was very nice, but the hotel was noisy. The second day he started for a house to rent.

There was only one place that he liked. It was deserted and very lonely. It was a big, old seventeenth-century house. It had barred windows like a prison, and a high brick wall all around it. It would be hard to imagine a more unwelcoming place. But it Moore perfectly. He went to find the local lawyer, who was responsible for the house.

The lawyer was very happy to rent the house to him. ‘It’s been empty so long that people have started to a lot of foolish stories about it,’ he said. ‘You’ll be able to prove that the stories are wrong.’

Moore paid his rent, and Mr. Carnford gave him the name of an old servant to look him. He came away from the lawyer with the keys of the house in his pocket.