Cooper also found that though the sounds in his mind was fading the darkness itself had a terrifying quality to it, it seemed to invade each orifice and even ones mind, the poor governess Helena felt this too. It was more than disturbing, was there really something in the tales the children had been telling, and the gossip which was always going on downstairs…<br/><br/>That howl had brought fear too to both of them, as if it came from some monstrous devil hound. Helena was aware that the scream had been likely from the mistress’s room. There was no sound now, all she could hear was the children calling out for their mama.<br/><br/>As Cooper moved towards the room it seemed silent and the stench that emanated from there was vile, it was sickening, many times worse than the bodies and hospitals he had witnessed in his time in the military. Something about this darkness was disoriantating too.<br/>