"It's that Frenchman; they're tricky kind of fellows, ma'am," the man had said in a confidential aside.

And, though the _chef_ was less willing to speak, it was equally clear that he, on his side, put it down to one of the under-servants.
Then, quite at the end of the interrogation, they had all been startled by not only the _chef_, but the butler also, suddenly admitting that something very like what happened last night had happened twice before! But on the former occasions, though everything in the kitchen had been moved, including the heavy centre table, nothing had been broken.

Still, it had taken the _chef_ and his kitchen-maids two hours to put everything right.

That had happened, so was now revealed, on the very morning after the party had just been gathered together.

And then, again, four days ago.
Miss Burnaby, who had slept through everything, exclaimed, when the happenings of the night before were told her by Mr.Tapster, "The place seems bewitched! I shall never forget what happened yesterday afternoon to Helen." Turning to Dr.Panton, she continued: "My niece actually believes that she saw a ghost yesterday!" Helen said sharply, "I thought nothing was to be said about that, Auntie." Meanwhile the doctor stared at her, hardly believing the evidence of his own ears.