She appeared more seldom in 1887-1889, and by 1892 even the light footsteps ceased.

Two dogs, a retriever and a Skye terrier, showed much alarm.

"Twice," says Miss Morton, "I saw the terrier suddenly run up to the mat at the foot of the stairs in the hall, wagging its tail, and moving its back in the way dogs do when they expect to be caressed.

It jumped up, fawning as it would do if a person had been standing there, but suddenly slunk away with its tail between its legs, and retreated, trembling, under a sofa." Miss Morton's own emotion, at first, was "a feeling of awe at something unknown, mixed with a strong desire to know more about it".

{200} This is a pretty tame case of haunting, as was conjectured, by an unhappy revenant, the returned spirit of the second Mrs.S.Here it may be remarked that apparitions in haunted houses are very seldom recognised as those of dead persons, and, when recognised, the recognition is usually dubious.