Witching Hill

The Witching Hill office is a varnished wooden box beneath corrugated iron, with a plate-glass window facing raw lawns and red brick. My daily work is to show empty Queen Anne houses, soothe tenants, and wait for a reason to leave the counter. You step into this one-chapter preview with Gillon at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. The office will have a report by evening, but the report cannot yet say what made the hole. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.

Chapters

1. The Hole in Mulcaster Parkthe Witching Hill estate office and No. 7 lawn · 5 min

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