HOUSE TAKEN OVER - Postreading

Who lived in the house before the narrator and his sister Irene?

What was it that kept both the narrator and his sister from getting married?

What plans do the narrator and his sister have for the house?

How does Irene spend most of her days?

How do they earn their living?

What part of the house do they live in?

What does the narrator hear in the other part of the house?

What do they gradually stop doing as they live in their part of the house?

What does the narrator do after he locks the front door?

What does the narrator do after he hears the first sounds in the house?