Part 5 Ch.1 - Ch.3

In this part of the book Eleanor Vance is just arriving at "Hill House" it is a long bumpy ride up, and is far away from everyone else. When she gets to the entrance she meets Mr.Dudley, the caretaker who is kind of strange and mysterious and at first he doesn't want to let her in. she has to insist that she was wanted there for him to let her in. When he opens the gate and she begins to drive in he says to her "You'll be sorry I ever opened that gate" and I think that is foreshadows what is to come. When she gets to the house, she notices that the house kind of has a look of despair and sadness. Then she gets her bag and goes in. Mrs. Dudley is in the house and shows her to her room, and Eleanor realizes that she is the first one there. Mrs. Dudley is also kind of strange like her husband and says "dinner is at six, she will clean up in the morning and breakfast is at nine". She also says that it is what she agreed to, which Eleanor is not really sure who she made the agreement with and later makes a joke about it being with Dracula. She gets into her room and notices that the entire inside of the building looks like it was rushed when it was made, and that the builders just wanted to do as little as possible and get out as soon as possible. She starts telling herself she is going to leave and feels like no one else is coming. Even Mrs. Dudley leaves after she makes dinner at six and says she gets out before it gets dark, also she says that there is no one to help you and no one to hear your screams which Eleanor kind of finds funny.
Then Eleanor hears a car door slam and finds Theodora has arrived which cheers her up. Theodora and Eleanor start to become good friends and joke about everything that is going on. Then they decide to adventure off around the property before it gets dark and they realize it is kind of beautiful out there with the mountains and the streams. Then they start to realize it is getting dark and must start heading back to the "Hill House".