How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"I wouldn't have left you over the night," he said at last, "wouldn't have done that to you." (6.28)
Even though Keckwick's taciturn and not really all that friendly, Arthur is delighted to see him again after being left alone at Eel Marsh House. We bet Keckwick knows a thing or two about isolation.
Quote #5
I sat up paralyzed, frozen, in the bed, conscious only of the dog and of the prickling of my own skin and of what suddenly seemed a different kind of silence, ominous and dreadful. (9.20)
Being alone offers Arthur zero consolation. It actually makes the whole thing worse. This is not a peaceful old Victorian house in a children's book; it's a creepy old Victorian house in a ghost story. Two totally different things.