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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. 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
 in his absence, and as tongue-tied in his presence as though it were she who had a secret to keep from him! The thought that there was a secret somewhere between them struck her with a sudden smart rap of wonder, and she looked about her down the dim, 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 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. SHE HAD FELT IN HIM THE INDEFINABLE CHANGE WHICH MADE HER RESTLESS IN HIS ABSENCE AND AS TONGUE TIED IN HIS PRESENCE AS THOUGH IT WERE SHE WHO HAD A SECRET TO KEEP FROM HIM THE THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS A SECRET SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THEM STRUCK HER WITH A SUDDEN WRAP OF WONDER AND SHE LOOKED ABOUT HER 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
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