Kitty came a piece of the way but she wouldn't come any further than Uncle James Frewen's gate.

She said it was because it was so windy she was afraid she would get the tooth-ache and not because she was frightened of the ghost of the dog that haunted the bridge in Uncle James' hollow.

I did wish she hadn't said anything about the dog because I mightn't of thought about it if she hadn't.

I had to go on alone thinking of it.

I'd heard the story often but I'd never believed in it.