The House That Kept the Evenings
A house keeps the best evening each room ever had, and a polite stranger is quietly hushing them
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Nigel: 62 min
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The bell that rings late
Arlo arrives at his great-aunt's tall house, where a waltz plays at night with no gramophone in sight.
The pantry
The house keeps each room's best evening, until a very polite stranger comes to look at the pantry.
The stairs and the card table
A card game with too many rules wakes the house, and by evening another of its rooms has gone quiet.
The attic and the toast
Arlo tells Petty what he's been hearing, and they try to bring a silent room back with songs and toast.
The hall and the gramophone
Mister Pike goes up to the attic and down to the hall, and Arlo notices something odd about a sleeping dog.
The long Friday
Odile goes next door to say a difficult sorry, and by afternoon the neighbors are filling every room.
Seven o'clock
Mister Pike arrives at seven for Odile's answer, and finds that the house has company.
The longest evening
The guests go home, every room remembers, and Arlo finally finds the place he'll sleep.