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More and more under the spell of the hour, she threw back her searching thoughts to the early days of their tenancy, but at first only to recall a gay confusion of unpacking, settling, arranging of books, and calling to each other from remote corners of the house as treasure after treasure of their habitation revealed itself to them. MORE AND MORE UNDER THE SPELL OF THE HOUR SHE THREW BACK HER THOUGHTS TO THE EARLY DAYS OF THEIR TENANCY BUT AT FIRST ONLY TO RECALL A LIVELY CONFUSION OF UNPACKING SETTLING ARRANGING OF BOOKS AND CALLING TO EACH OTHER FROM REMOTE CORNERS OF THE HOUSE AS TREASURE AFTER TREASURE IT REVEALED ITSELF TO THEM
ps, 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. Mary was too well-versed in the code of the spectral world not to know that one could not talk about the ghosts one saw: to do so was almost as great a breach of goodbreeding as to name a lady in a club. But this explanation did not really satisfy her. "What, after all, except for the fun of the frisson," she reflected, "would he really care for any of their old ghosts?" And thence she was thrown back once more on the fundamental dilemma: the fact that one's greater or less susceptibility to spectral influences had no particular bearing on the case, since, when one did see a ghost at Lyng, one did not know it. "Not till long afterward," Alida Stair had said. Well, supposing Ned had seen one when they first came, and had known only within the last week what had happened to him?  THE GHOST SIGHT ON ONE'S OWN ACCOUNT 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 MARY WAS TOO WELL VERSED IN THE CODE OF THE SPECTRAL WORLD NOT TO KNOW THAT ONE COULD NOT TALK ABOUT THE GHOSTS ONE SAW TO DO SO WAS ALMOST AS GREAT A BREACH OF TASTE AS TO NAME A LADY IN A CLUB BUT THIS EXPLANATION DID NOT REALLY SATISFY HER WHAT AFTER ALL EXCEPT FOR THE FUN OF THE SHUTTER SHE REFLECTED WOULD HE REALLY CARE FOR ANY OF THEIR OLD GHOSTS AND THENCE SHE WAS THROWN BACK ONCE MORE ON THE FUNDAMENTAL DILEMMA THE FACT THAT ONE'S GREATER OR LESS SUSCEPTIBILITY TO SPECTRAL INFLUENCES HAD NO PARTICULAR BEARING ON THE CASE SINCE WHEN ONE DID SEE A GHOST AT LYING ONE DID NOT KNOW IT NOT TILL LONG AFTERWARDS ALIDA STARE HAD SAID WELL SUPPOSING NED HAD SEEN ONE WHEN THEY FIRST CAME AND HAD KNOWN ONLY WITHIN THE LAST WEEK WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HIM
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