Talk:The Mirror Has Three Faces/@comment-96.55.171.94-20130814035429/@comment-107.3.155.95-20130814054156

it signifies that someone's still living there. Jason repaired the front of the house, remember? he was working on the deck and the yard for so long. he would have noticed the holes in the floor had the guest been there before he moved in. but since the holes are still there, the guest has been living there recently, and Emily realizes that Mrs. D's story makes no chronological sense, and therefore, she's hiding the stowaway's existence. Hence, her shock.