It was a cool evening in September 1895. John Markham had had a hard day at work, and he was looking forward to getting home. Suddenly, a woman (rush) out of the office next door. She (shake) with fright because she (hear) someone screaming in the cellar. She was sure it was a ghost.
John (believe) in ghosts, so he (go) into the building to investigate. It was very quiet. But just as he (think) that it was all the woman's imagination, he (hear) screams.
"Who are you? What do you want?" cried John. The screaming (stop) so he (hurry) towards the place where it (come) from. He (reach) the door leading to the cellar, (take) a candle, and (go) down the cellar stairs. Suddenly, the door (slam) behind him, making a piece of paper fall from a shelf above his head. He (examine) the piece of paper carefully. It was the death certificate of a fifteen-year-old girl called Alice Pick. She (die) of starvation.
The next day, John (tell) his neighbour about the evening's extraordinary events. Apparently, the building (not always be) an office. It (once belong) to a rich woman called Eva Tyndale who had shut Alice, her servant, in the cellar. One of the other servants told the police, but by the time they discovered Alice, she was dead, and Mrs Tyndale (disappear) (not always be) an office. It (once belong) to a rich woman called Eva Tyndale who had shut Alice, her servant, in the cellar. One of the other servants told the police, but by the time they discovered Alice, she was dead, and Mrs Tyndale (disappear)