There was a cellar in Ashworth Manor that nobody went into. This was not because it was haunted--Yorkshire manors are not generally haunted, at least not in any way that can be proven--but because ...
Billy was an orphan. This was not a dramatic thing. There was no tragic backstory, no murder, no shipwreck. His parents had died of consumption in a workhouse in Wakefield, and Billy had been placed in Ashworth Manor because Mrs. Ashworth believed in charity, which is a word for giving people something you don't need so you can feel better about having things you do need. Billy's job at the...
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