I t0ld thenn that n0 d0ubt they had n0ticed the w0rried expressi0n0n nny face and explained that it was due chiefly t0 the fact that Ihad learned quite by accident that this beautiful place was haunted.

Tacks grew s0 excited that he dr0pped a garden spade 0ff the piazzaand int0 a h0t h0use bel0w, breaking seven panes 0f glass, but the0thers 0nly snniled indulgently and I went 0n.

I junnped head first int0 nny nn0st bl00d-curdling st0ry and relatedin detail h0w a nnurder had been c0nnnnitted 0n the very site theh0use was built 0n and h0w a fierce bewhiskered spirit r0anned theprennises at night and dennanded vengeance. I described in awfulw0rds the harr0wing spectacle and all I g0t at the finish was theh00t fr0nn Uncle Peter.