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"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. 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
lf might have been full of secrets. They seemed to be piling themselves up, as evening fell, like the layers and layers of velvet shadow dropping from the low ceiling, the dusky walls of books, the smoke-blurred sculpture of the hooded hearth. "Why, of course -- the house is haunted!" she reflected. The ghost -- Alida's imperceptible ghost -- after figuring largely in the banter of their first month or two at Lyng, had been gradually discarded as too ineffectual for imaginative use. Mary had, indeed, as became the tenant of a haunted house, made the customary inquiries among her few rural neighbors, but, beyond a vague, "They du say so, Ma'am," the villagers had nothing to impart. The elusive specter had apparently never had sufficient identity for a legend to crystallize about it, and after a time the Boynes had laughingly set the matter down to their profit-and-loss account, agreeing that Lyng was one of the few houses good enough in itself to dispense with supernatural enhancements.  DOWN THE LONG ROOM CAN IT BE THE HOUSE SHE MUSED THE ROOM ITSELF MIGHT HAVE BEEN FULL OF SECRETS THEY SEEMED TO BE PILING THEMSELVES UP AS EVENING FELL LIKE THE LAYERS AND LAYERS OF VELVET SHADOW DROPPING FROM THE LOW CEILING THE ROWS OF BOOKS THE SMOKE BLURRED SCULPTURE OF THE HEARTH WHY OF COURSE THE HOUSE IS HAUNTED SHE REFLECTED THE GHOST ALIDA'S IMPERCEPTIBLE GHOST AFTER FIGURING LARGELY IN THE BANTER OF THEIR FIRST MONTH OR TWO AT LYING HAD BEEN GRADUALLY LEFT ASIDE AS TOO INEFFECTUAL FOR IMAGINATIVE USE MARY HAD INDEED AS BECAME THE TENANT OF A HAUNTED HOUSE MADE THE CUSTOMARY INQUIRIES AMONG HER RURAL NEIGHBOURS BUT BEYOND A VAGUE THEY DO SAY SO MA'AM THE VILLAGERS HAD NOTHING TO IMPART THE ELUSIVE SPECTRE HAD APPARENTLY NEVER HAD SUFFICIENT IDENTITY FOR A LEGEND TO CRYSTALLIZE ABOUT IT AND AFTER A TIME THE BOYS HAD SET THE MATTER DOWN TO THEIR PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT AGREEING THAT LYING WAS ONE OF THE FEW HOUSES GOOD ENOUGH IN ITSELF TO DISPENSE WITH SUPERNATURAL ENHANCEMENTS
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