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The old ht hat that was, sir," he said, "and I' on spirits Spirits there are that walk this world, as ell know, and the spirit of Roger Unthank walks from between the Black Wood and those s, co at him There's evil comes of that I turn over in my bed, and I stop my ears, but I've never yet raised a blind"

"Tell me, Middleton," Dominey asked, "is Lady Dominey terrified at these--er--visitations?"

"That I can't rightly say, sir Her ladyship's always sweet and gentle, with kind words on her lips for every one, but there's the terror there in her eyes that was lit that night when you staggered into the hall, Squire, and I've never seen it properly quenched yet, so to speak She carries fear with her, but whether it's the fear of seeing you again, or the fear of Roger Unthank's spirit, I could not tell"

Doe desire to thrust the whole subject away He dis him to the corridor which led to the servants' quarters and talking all the tiuest had elass of brandy and was surreptitiouslyhis forehead

"That," the latter re If I were a Does, I think a stone around his neck and the deepest ould be the sensible way of dealing with him He made me feel positively uncomfortable"

"I noticed it," Do to pretend that it was a pleasant conversation an went on, "but a spook that co"

Dolass of brandy with a steady hand

"You've been neglecting things here, Mangan," he cohost We shall have those smart maidservants of yours off to-host-laying in first"

Mr Mangan began to feel s were creeping into his system

"By the by, Sir Everard," he enquired, a little later on, "where are you going to sleep to-night?"