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The Heights were located in the northwest part of the city and abutted the steep hills that made up that border of the great metropolis. The stately homes of the wealthy and the suburban decor of the middle-class were long behind them before they reached the frayed edges of poor neighborhood to which the witch belonged. Old houses of clapboard and c***k sat in the center of decayed lots filled with junk. Pine trees adorned the yards and dropped their needles in great piles of flammable material that squashed any hope of greenery.
The address of their destination lay on the last street before the forest took full hold of the city. The houses were situated on triple lots, a long-forgotten practice that was rewarded in that area by a larger collection of trash. The residence on the p
