It is currently reported that the top of the house, inside, is shut off by iron doors from the bottom.

Workmen are employed there who don't belong to the neighborhood, who don't drink at the public houses, who only associate with each other.

Unfamiliar smells and noises find their way outside sometimes.

Nobody in the house can be got to talk.

The doctor, as he calls himself, does not even make an attempt to get into society, does not even try to see company for the sake of his poor unfortunate daughter.