NCERT · Class 10 · English · Footprints Without Feet: Footprints without FeetHow did the furniture in Mrs. Hall's room come alive? What did the innkeeper and her husband experience?

The extraordinary phenomenon occurred when Mr. and Mrs. Hall noticed that the door of Griffin's room was unexpectedly open and seized the opportunity to investigate his empty room. While they were inside inspecting his strange belongings, the bedroom chair suddenly sprang into life. The furniture began to push and charge directly at Mrs. Hall, striking her legs with aggressive force and almost knocking her down. Terrified and bewildered, both the innkeeper and her husband panicked, feeling that ghostly spirits and supernatural entities had entered their furniture due to the stranger's witchcraft. Convinced that the room was haunted by spirits and that the eccentric scientist was responsible for these weird happenings, they fled the room in absolute horror and utter disbelief.