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Perhaps, in his long solitary hours in this very room, where she never trespassed till the afternoon, her husband had acquired it already, and was silently carrying the dread weight of whatever it had revealed to him. PERHAPS IN HIS LONG HOURS IN THIS VERY ROOM WHERE SHE NEVER TRESPASSED TILL THE AFTERNOON HER HUSBAND HAD ACQUIRED IT ALREADY AND WAS SILENTLY CARRYING ABOUT THE WEIGHT OF WHATEVER IT HAD REVEALED TO HIM
ouses good enough in itself to dispense with supernatural enhancements. "And I suppose, poor, ineffectual demon, that's why it beats its beautiful wings in vain in the void," Mary had laughingly concluded. "Or, rather," Ned answered, in the same strain, "why, amid so much that's ghostly, it can never affirm its separate existence as the ghost." And thereupon their invisible housemate had finally dropped out of their references, which were numerous enough to make them promptly unaware of the loss. Now, as she stood on the hearth, the subject of their earlier curiosity revived in her with a new sense of its meaning -- a sense gradually acquired through close daily contact with the scene of the lurking mystery. It was the house itself, of course, that possessed the ghost-seeing faculty, that communed visually but secretly with its own past; and if one could only get into close enough communion with the house, one might surprise its secret, and acquire the ghost-sight on one's own account. ACCOUNT AGREEING THAT LYING WAS ONE OF THE FEW HOUSES GOOD ENOUGH IN ITSELF TO DISPENSE WITH SUPERNATURAL ENHANCEMENTS AND I SUPPOSE POOR INEFFECTUAL DEMON THAT'S WHY IT BEATS ITS BEAUTIFUL WINGS IN VAIN IN THE VOID MARY HAD LAUGHINGLY CONCLUDED OR RATHER NED ANSWERED IN THE SAME STRAIN WHY AMID SO MUCH THAT'S GHOSTLY IT CAN NEVER AFFIRM ITS SEPARATE EXISTENCE AS THE GHOST AND THEREUPON THEIR INVISIBLE HOUSEMATE HAD FINALLY DROPPED OUT OF THEIR REFERENCES WHICH WERE NUMEROUS ENOUGH TO MAKE THEM SOON UNAWARE OF THE LOSS NOW AS SHE STOOD ON THE HEARTH THE SUBJECT OF THEIR EARLIER CURIOSITY REVIVED IN HER WITH A NEW SENSE OF ITS MEANING A SENSE GRADUALLY ACQUIRED THROUGH DAILY CONTACT WITH THE SCENE OF THE LURKING MYSTERY IT WAS THE HOUSE ITSELF OF COURSE THAT POSSESSED THE GHOST SEEING FACULTY THAT COMMUNED VISUALLY BUT SECRETLY WITH ITS OWN PAST IF ONE COULD ONLY GET INTO CLOSE ENOUGH COMMUNION WITH THE HOUSE ONE MIGHT SURPRISE ITS SECRET AND ACQUIRE THE GHOST SIGHT ON ONE'S OWN ACCOUNT
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