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Page 80 By now it’s quite dark in the house. You don’t want to attract attention by turning on lights, so you move cautiously along the hallway, shining your flashlight on the floor ahead of you. You look for the stairway to the attic. In a minute you find it. You’re feeling a little scared as you start up the steps. Then you hear laughter coming from the landing above. You stop short. It’s a man laughing and he’s laughing at you! You shine your flashlight up the steps. There is nothing there, and yet there is. The patch of yellow-white light made by your flashlight is forming into a ghost image of a human figure—Harlowe Thrombey! “Who are you? Why are you laughing?” You try to keep your voice from trembling. “You know who I am. I expected you to save my life, and you didn’t. And now I suppose you’d like me to save your life?” “My life doesn’t need saving!” you say But the only reply you hear is more laughter. Then the image of Harlowe Thrombey disappears, and there is nothing before your eyes but your flashlight beam is shining on the wall. Was Harlowe Thrombey’s ghost warning you of some terrible danger, or was he just reminding you that, despite your good intentions, he was murdered? If you continue on up the attic stairs, turn to page 13 If you decide it’s time to get out of this house, turn to page 72