The Mayor's Wife Chapter 3 - In the Gable Window

In which a newcomer to Mayor Packard’s residence encounters an atmosphere thick with unspoken worries and peculiar attentiveness, not least from a maid and an enigmatic old woman next door whose eyes seem to pierce the quiet domesticity. The mayor’s assurances of practicality and reason provide scant comfort as the visitor senses an undercurrent of anxiety and secrets beneath the genteel surface of the house and its occupants.