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WOMAN IN BLACK – SUSAN HILL, retold by MARGARET TARNER
(1100 HEADWORDS)
MACMILLAN READERS
ELEMENTARY LEVEL
Founding Editor: John Milne
CONTENTS:
A Note About This Story ....................................................................................................................................... 1
1. Christmas Eve .................................................................................................................................................... 1
2. London Fog ........................................................................................................................................................ 3
3.The Funeral of Mrs Drablow............................................................................................................................... 5
4. Eel Marsh House ................................................................................................................................................ 7
5. The Cry of a Child............................................................................................................................................ 10
6. I Go Back ......................................................................................................................................................... 13
7. Dinner With Mr Daily ...................................................................................................................................... 14
8. Sounds in the Night .......................................................................................................................................... 17
9. Behind the Door ............................................................................................................................................... 20
10. Terror on the Marshes .................................................................................................................................... 24
11. I Leave Eel Marsh House ............................................................................................................................... 26
12. The Death Certificates.................................................................................................................................... 28
13. `Nothing Can Happen Now...’ ....................................................................................................................... 29
14. The Story Ends ............................................................................................................................................... 32