"There's naething here, miss--absolutely naething," he declared, as they both examined the wall minutely.

Its depth did not admit of any chamber, for it was an inner wall; and, according to the gamekeeper's statement, he had already tested it years ago, and found it solid masonry.
"If I went forward or backward, then the sounds were lost to me," Gabrielle explained, much puzzled.
"Ay.

That's juist what they a' said," remarked the keeper, with an apprehensive look upon his face.

"The Whispers are only h'ard at ae spot, whaur ye've juist stood.

I've seen the lady a' in green masel', miss--aince when I was a laddie, an' again aboot ten year syne." "You mean, Stewart, that you imagined that you saw an apparition.