I found it in the library here." "Oh! do tell me all about it," she urged instantly.

"Weird legends always fascinate me.

Of course I know just the outlines of its history.
It's the tales told by the country-folk in which I'm so deeply interested." "You mean the apparition of the Lady in Green, and all that ?" "Yes; and the Whispers." He started quickly at her words, and asked, "What do you know about them, dear?
I hope you haven't heard them ?" She smiled, with a frantic effort at unconcern, saying, "And what harm, pray, would they have done me, even if I had ?" "Well," he said, "they are only heard by those whose days are numbered; at least, so say the folk about here." "Of course, it's only a fable," she laughed.

"The people of the Ochils are so very superstitious." "I believe the fatal result of listening to those mysterious Whispers has been proved in more than one instance," remarked the young man quite seriously.

"For myself, I do not believe in any supernatural agency.