Talk:The House That Death Forgot/@comment-39338950-20190506021350/@comment-39338950-20190510193804

Thinking about it some more, I think a connection might be drawn between the house and the father (with some stretching). His crying certainly parallels Mr. Norris's and it is mentioned his voice "sounded just the same" on the phone, as if he hasn't aged, but is in the same sort of limbo as the house guests. Maybe he was at the house, only unseen? Admittedly, that doesn't explain how he was able to call. Of all the guests mentioned, Mr. Standish is the only one who doesn't make an appearance. Maybe the father and Mr. Standish are one and the same? (Perhaps the father gave the people at the house a fake name and fake occupation.) "He was a traveling minister. He doesn't travel anymore" doesn't necessarily mean Standish/possibly Melinda's father is stuck at the house. Maybe he actually left and found a working phone before being tracked down by "him"? I know the author probably didn't think it out, but that's my latest theory on the father.