The Broken Mirror

It was a cold morning at 4:30 a.m. However the horse carriage was running at a fast pace. Mr. Thomas Steve with his wife Clara Steve and the luggage were coming to the Dover Castle in Dover, Kent, England  It is a medieval castle  Dover Castle's mile - long defensive curtain wall marks the boundary of this huge fortification. Defended by an inner curtain wall with fourteen projecting "mural towers". The carriage came and stopped just in front of the big door guarded by the knights. Good morrow! Mr. Thomas wished one of the guards bowing. Good morning! The weather has been good enough or else I would have had trouble making it uptil here! exclaimed Thomas. Oh surely sir, the weather has been befitting as lady is not so well to have been able to endure a storm if at all it arrived. Okay then Will talk to you later said Thomas to the Guard Shero, a very loyal and brave and the oldest one serving them and guarding the Castle's safety for more than half of his life now. The gates opened and then the door.              

                                                          The interior architecture was of the medieval period. In one of the top floors Mrs. Clara Steve was taken by the maid. She is an elegant and kind lady but few days after her marriage with Mr. Thomas Steve she has been down with fever for no real reason. Her own brother and husband are docters and have not been able to find out the real reason behind this dizziness and exhausting sickness. Well my dear! exclaimed her husband Thomas 'you may rest here now as I have some important work to do in my library. Clara didn't answer, she has become weak physically and mentally too. She skipped her meals continuously. Thomas was worried about her so he called his sister Maria Steve to look after his wife as he thought that she was not fully taken care of by the maid alone. Maria is a middle aged unmarried woman, a blonde with attractive eyes. How are you Clara? She asked in a soft tone. I am not sure but I don't feel like talking or going out of my bed answered Clara. Do I tell you a secret? which I discovered recently. Yes sure please go ahead said Maria. There do you see the mirror on this wall? Yes I do Clara continued there when I stand to look up myself I dont see me,but some one else who smiles at me tauntingly. Maria taught Clara to have become complete lunatic so she decided not to go on with the conversation and stopped her by telling her to go back to sleep after taking the lunch. The her horror she Said these words of Clara to Thomas who has been away for two days as he was busy looking after the patients. He has come back recently and after he heard these things about his wife he was in a complete shock. Clara used to remain silent as she understood that her words didn't make any sense to anyone, as they didn't believe her. Next day Thomas came to her room in the morning. Good morning love! I hope you are comfortable in this castle and taking your medicines on time. Yes! said Clara. No word was uttered about the mirror and only after Thomas left the room, Clara took out the piece of paper on which she was writing something important  maybe the situations she was going through in that room and about the mirror because she had no one to share those things with. After that she went in front of the mirror and looked at it closely. There was an image of another woman staring at her and trying to tell her something. Downstairs Thomas and Maria were talking about Clara It was lunch time at 1:30pm and the maid was taking lunch for Clara upstairs. At first she knocked but there wasn't any answer. Madam! I have brought you your lunch. Only after the lunch will you be able to take your medicines. Please open the door said the maid. No voice replied back from inside. She now turned the Knob, It wasn't opening so she called Maria upstairs. Maria came and knocked first but because there wasn't any answer she turned the Knob forcefully and the door opened with a bang. At the shocking sight that they both experienced, Maria screamed and fell unconscious on the ground and the maid's face turned pale with her eyes fixed at the sight with fear. Thomas hurried upstairs worried. His wife was crawling upside down beside the broken mirror on the floor. Her body bent close to the floor and her hands, legs have turned pale blue. Clara was now laughing and crawling vigorously towards his husband Thomas with the broken mirror.