Miss Farrow, at any rate in her dealings with Pegler, was always better than her word.

She was a kind, a considerate, and an intelligent mistress.
So it was that, reluctantly, Pegler made up her mind to speak.

"I'd like to say, ma'am," she began, "that no one said nothing to me about that room being haunted.

You was the first that mentioned it to me, after I'd spoken to you yesterday.

As you know, ma'am, the servants here are a job lot; they don't know nothing about the house.