the first occasion

[deepest_magic]

The house just northeast of Forks proper is very big, quite abandoned, and really easy to just walk right in if you're of a mind to. There are signs that people have been camping in it while hiking, but currently it is unoccupied by visitors, squatters, or any animals larger than a squirrel. There's been a fair amount of furniture but fewer small possessions left behind: couch, piano, dining table, wardrobe, armchair, kingsized bed. It's in extremely variable states of repair.

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[deepest_magic]

"I don't think that was one of the ones I read. Why do you like them?"

[neverbeatme]

"They're fun. I like the language and the style and the mysteries."

[deepest_magic]

Bella nods. "Maybe I'll read more of them. My mom picked Scandal in Bohemia for me because she said it was the only one with an interesting lady in it. That's one problem with old books is that usually they're not very up to date about that sort of thing."

[neverbeatme]

"There's interesting ladies in some of the other ones," says Elizabeth. "Maybe not interesting in the same way as Irene, but interesting. I could write you a list if that's the sort of thing you're looking for."

[deepest_magic]

"I don't care as much as Renée does. Just send me to good ones."

[neverbeatme]

"Okay. Try Hound of the Baskervilles, that one's fun."

[deepest_magic]

"Hound of the Baskervilles it is."

[neverbeatme]