You were alone, I suppose ?" "Yes, miss, I was alane." "Well, you thought you saw the Lady of Glencardine.

Where was she ?" "On the drive, in front o' the hoose." "Perhaps somebody played a practical joke on you.

The Green Lady is Glencardine's favourite spectre, isn't she--perfectly harmless, I mean ?" "Ay, miss.

Lots o' folk saw her ten year syne.

But nooadays she seems to ha'e been laid.