As she stood in her small closet undressing for bed, Elizabeth Shaler was annoyed to find some mud left behind by a running shoe that she now put away.

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Maybe this is because we can all remember when we were afraid of the dark, of the monsters in the closet or under the bed.

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There were windows at the end of the room, and along each side wall there was a bed, a desk, a dresser, and a free-standing closet.

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