The Something in Thurlo Darby's House Quotes

“There is a Something in my house,′ Thurlo Derby would say. ‘It make noises _tappings and rappings. It opens doors and closes windows. It makes the curtains blow when there is no breeze. I just don’t know what to think.”

“Very cool mystery and the monkey who eats handkerchiefs is hilarious.”

“In a creepy-crawly old house on Frobble Street, in the middle of a tiny town called Quigly, behind a tall wall covered with sprawling brambles and locked in by an iron gate with a sight that said ‘Keep Out_This means You!’ lived Thurlo Darby and his Something,”

“The Frobble Street Four were Franklyn, Amelia, Arnold, and Mia. Franklyn could juggle and do magic and knew how things worked. Amelia could draw just about anything and was a fabulous actress. Arnold could crack his toes. And mis liked to watch.”

“Penelope Bliss bent over to see what was in Burt’s pocket and discovered the letter. ‘Wherever did you get his, you, little rascal?’ Burt didn’t tell her. Penelope Bliss opened the envelope and read the letter.”

“Thurlo Darby rarely went out, except to buy the frozen snails and spinach noodles on which he lived. But when he did go out, he would talk about his Something to everyone he met.”

“The paper had indeed sold lots of copies, and the TV news repeated the story. Everywhere, people in town were buzzing about Thurlo Darby’s Hoax and Bingham Frew’s Investigation.”

“Thurlo Darby has something in his house. He likes to tell everyone he has something in his house. It opens doors, makes thumping noises, closes windows, ...”

“So the Frobble Street Four set to work on Amelia’s costume. They used almost everything in the costume trunk. Arnold made a hat from half a soccer ball with an ostrich feather and a veil.”

“How can we find out if it’s true?′ asked Arnold. ‘We could say we won’t believe in the Something unless we see it ourselves.’ ‘No one would listen to us,’ said Amelia. Grown-ups mostly listen to other grown-ups.”