Tortoise
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Oh no I was just detailing my own thoughts about the window, not suggesting you were suggesting otherwise.Thank you for posting the photo, I wasn't sure how to do that so linked the whole article
I wasn't suggesting this was exactly how the window was left, more that this looks to be the only window opening to ground level and how easy it is to access. It's also the opposite side of the house to the downstairs bedroom so not likely to wake Nora's parents. I only hope she left of her own free will, after spotting a bird or animal for instance, rather than by persuasion or force
ETA I wondered if Nora had visited the toilet, which looks to be opposite the window, and something caught her eye when she came out? We don't know if it was still dark or after dawn when she disappeared, which could have a bearing on it, bless her
Having read about what I can only imagine looks like armies of beetles and bugs and other wildlife like geckos scurrying across the floors at night, particularly the kitchen area which is at the bottom of the spiral staircase and also where the toilet is situated, I wonder how Nora would have coped with that if she needed to go downstairs to use the toilet. If that happened, I wonder if she would have asked a sibling to accompany her. Also if she may have tried to climb up onto the window frame to get her feet off the floor.
When I was a child, I with my family stayed in a medieval castle in Scotland for a Christmas holiday. Four poster beds and stone floors etc. My brother told me all sorts of stories about the castle being haunted when we had gone to bed, and even though I was terrified I decided I had to find my parents room and ended up in a maze of narrow unlit passageways which was just as scary. I wonder if Nora's parents would have had a system in place for Nora if she needed to get up in the night. I still want to know if any of her shoes were missing - my guess is they are not, or we would have heard about that when they described her attire and clothing being in the house. Does a sibling know something?