<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/1/19/Cordialinvitation.jpg)</div><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>Helena made her way through the house, as she had done many times before, though of late it had been uncomfortable. Yes of course there was all the gossip, and the over active imaginations of the two children. Some how though something did not sit right, and tonight it felt worse, a chill in the air, the flickering of the lamps casting strange shadows. Yes indeed something was wrong, though perhaps it was all in the mind.<br/><br/>However when she passed the room with that …that mummy in, it actually caused her to shiver and for a moment there was a pang of nausea.<br/><br/>Once upstairs the Governess saw the children were awake and out of bed looking out of the window. “Miss …Miss,”  James was bouncing excitedly. “You …you just missed our friend the rav…” Alice nudged her brother trying to quieten him.<br/>