Journal Entry 83 - December 4th, 1888 – 6:27 a.m. [Continued]
Edgar and I proceeded up the stairs while Clifford, Mason, and Bierce searched the first floor. We both heard footsteps above before reaching the second story—as if someone were watching and hurried away, not wishing to be seen. I called out, yet whoever it was did not answer. Edgar and I followed the footsteps through a hallway and into a dusty bedchamber. To our right was a roll top desk, upon which rested a time-worn journal. Wanting to see the most recent entry, I opened it and read through the yellowed and crinkled pages. The further I read, I began to infer that the author himself was none other than Thomas Winston himself; for the last entries were penned in 1837, and he spoke solemnly of Mable’s illness. His writing, after he contracted the malady and sent Cornelius away, grew quite feverish.
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