I suppose I'm not knowing so much as you do about ghosts.

But tell me, man--would a ghost be making a noise like this ?" And I made the self-same noise I'd made before, when I was playing the ghost for Jock's benefit.

He turned purple; he was clever enough to see the joke I'd played on him at once.

And the other miners--they were all in the secret began to roar with laughter.

They weren't sorry to see puir Jock shown up for the liar and boaster he was.