They scuttled inside the walls, and squeaked behind the wainscots, and seemed to hold carnival at the back of the oak panelling, often disturbing the girls at night with the noise.
"The Manor House School"
Angela Brazil
Though she had had time to grow accustomed to scratchings inside the wainscots at the Manor, she could not overcome her dread of rats.
"The Manor House School"
Angela Brazil
The mice trembled with fear behind the wainscots, and the crickets shrunk back into their farthest holes, for they understood well enough that their reign was over for the present.
"Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves"
Frances Freeling Broderip