Chapter 1. Chapter 2

Chapter 1

To discover = to find unexpectedly
A cellar
An overgrown garden
To own smth = to have it, to possess
To tread the boards	to perform on a stage as an actor; to act in plays
Stunted rose bushes
squidgy toadstools
make a point of doing something	To make smth into a rule; to always do something or take particular care to do it
A well
A knothole
A haughty black cat
To pester = to annoy
To mean business	If you say that someone means business, you mean they are serious and determined about what they are doing.
To disguise= To give someone a new appearance in order to conceal one’s identity
It’s bucketing down
Leek and potato stew

Chapter 2

A thick white fog had lowered over the house
To bundle up - to put warm clothes on yourself or someone else, or to wrap someone in something warm.

Tug the dogs to heel
Wiggly (wiggly letters)
Tap-dance
a frenzied woofing	uncontrolled and excited, sometimes violent
A parlour = a sitting room in a private house for receiving guests
a saucer
To peer shortsightedly; to purse the lips
Reliable for=able to be trusted
mantelpiece
A stone with the hole in it