they get to the old mans house and they were both nervous then one of them nocked on the door and the old man came to the door they went and sat down they ask the old man a lot f questions about the history of the town and then they asked him about the history of of the monument and the old mans eyes get really wide and he said no i know nothing about it nobody dose that island is cursed then he tells them a story how a fishing boat was coming back to port in biddeford pool and the had been fighting a nor easter and the boat went down and they found the life boats on the shore of stage island (island the monument is on) and there was no signs of life they even fired muskets and there was no signs of life on none of they good men in the town would go out there to look for dead ones they leave and the old man tells them not to get any crazy ideas and go out there or they will regret it they leave and the old man tells them to come back another time he said an old man gets lonely