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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. 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
th 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. 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. 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?  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 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
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