Give her that shake of the hand, if she comes again.

Will she stand _that_, do you think ?" I thought it too kind and cordial for a ghost to stand: and so was the smile which matched it, and accompanied his "Good-night." * * * * * And had there been anything in the garret?
What did they discover?
I believe, on the closest examination, their discoveries amounted to very little.

They talked, at first, of the cloaks being disturbed; but Madame Beck told me afterwards she thought they hung much as usual: and as for the broken pane in the skylight, she affirmed that aperture was rarely without one or more panes broken or cracked: and besides, a heavy hail-storm had fallen a few days ago.

Madame questioned me very closely as to what I had seen, but I only described an obscure figure clothed in black: I took care not to breathe the word "nun," certain that this word would at once suggest to her mind an idea of romance and unreality.

She charged me to say nothing on the subject to any servant, pupil, or teacher, and highly commended my discretion in coming to her private salle-a-manger, instead of carrying the tale of horror to the school refectory.