"You are not there, Father," I cried. "I wake up at Gaudlin Hall, I spend most of my day there, I sleep there at night." This shows the narrator's deep connection to and familiarity with Gaudlin Hall, emphasizing how intertwined their daily life is with the house. Despite living there constantly, they feel a sense of unease or fear associated with the house.

"And throughout it all there is but one thought running through my mind." And that is? "This house is haunted." This reveals the narrator’s persistent belief that the house is haunted, which likely influences their perception and feelings about their environment. The suspicion of a haunting underscores the book's eerie atmosphere and themes of fear and the supernatural.