Summer of Fear
“By the time the ambulance arrived, half the neighborhood had congregated in the yard in front of Professor Jarvis’s house. The only ones inside the house were Mrs. Gallagher and Mother, but people kept shoving up onto the porch, trying to see in the window.
“He hanged himself!” somebody shouted. “I can see the rope!”
Bobby, who was standing next to me at the edge of the sidewalk, shuddered convulsively. “There wasn’t any rope,” he whispered hoarsely. “He was just lying there in the hall...way. Why are they saying there’s a rope?”
“People just like to make things worse than they are,” I told him, putting an arm around his shoulders. To myself I thought, there was no way anyone could make things worse than they were. The truth was more horrible than any conjecture.
When the ambulance came the crowd parted to make a path for the men with the stretcher. Mother opened the door for them, and they went into the house.MoreLess
“He hanged himself!” somebody shouted. “I can see the rope!”
Bobby, who was standing next to me at the edge of the sidewalk, shuddered convulsively. “There wasn’t any rope,” he whispered hoarsely. “He was just lying there in the hall...way. Why are they saying there’s a rope?”
“People just like to make things worse than they are,” I told him, putting an arm around his shoulders. To myself I thought, there was no way anyone could make things worse than they were. The truth was more horrible than any conjecture.
When the ambulance came the crowd parted to make a path for the men with the stretcher. Mother opened the door for them, and they went into the house.MoreLess
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