As we had good foods in the afternoon, so we had made a plan that, every night we would have drinks, and fried snacks. We bought liquor, cigarette packs, and fried snacks. The night had arrived, and as the sun sank in the west, we were getting ready for the party. We switched off the porch light, we decided to have our drink, at the hearth. We had dry leaves, and old logs for fire, as we did not want to cut the trees. As we were the part of Government's Tourism Department, so we knew the importance of preserving nature. There were enough old logs, and leaves, thus the fire was burning. After bathing, I pulled over fresh clothes, and was ready for party. The lights were switched off, except of dim lights in the passage, which lead to stairs. Me, and my friends were seated on the sofa, near the hearth. I could see the passage, and the kitchen to the right of the passage, opposite to me. Amey, and Chandresh were sitting opposite to me, Jaiveer, Sushma, Ravi, and Jaishree were sitting next to us, while Yogesh and Vathika were sitting opposite to us. There was big teapoy in the middle, filled with fried prawn, and anchovies. There were spicy potato chips, spicy peanuts, and liquor. We began to gobble the dishes, and guzzling the drinks, while the ladies were gobbling the dishes. Jaiveer, Ravi, Chandresh and I were puffing cigarettes too.

We were chinwagging about the house, and its rumours of being haunted. There was a storm outside, the storm dashed against the walls, and the chimney, producing eerie sound. The sound resonated through the house, and the winds dashed against the doors and windows, which began to tremble. The fire was throwing our shadows on the wall, which was irregular in shape. I was puffing my cigarette, and taking sip of whiskey, I was looking around, as I looked at the gallery, I could see something moving in the darkness. I squeezed my eyes, and looked towards gallery, I could see something moving. I roared, "Guys!! I could see something moving in the gallery. Everyone looked there, and Jaiveer answered, "Yes, there is something, but it might be shadows." Ravi chimes in, "Yeah, this is it." Amey remarks, "The house is playing mind games." Chandresh says, "The house has been too old, guess it has been standing, since last eighty years." Yogesh replies, "Yeah, I have heard from the folks in our town." Jaishree utters, "It is said that many people stayed here, but they left or just vanished." Sushma asks, "How did this happen?" Vathika questions, "What is the history of this house, it's a mystery?" Jaishree answers, "Yes, it is a mystery, I have heard that twenty years ago, there were few government officers stayed here, but they did not stay at night. Later, they shifted to another circuit house. The picture is still unclear." Sushma says, "Yes, I agree, people say that, those who stay here, should be confined to hall, and never go upstairs, or the cellar of this house." Vathika says, "I heard that too, perhaps, people might have gone to other rooms, and faced some ordeal." Jaiveer answers, "We don't know, but we have guns with us, so to avoid any untoward situation." Ravi replies, "Spot on Bro, we are ready." Everyone laughed, and we continued Wearing, drinking, and puffing cigarettes.