And you vill tell zem I did speak mit courage to ze ghost." "I will that!" said Mr.Gallosh.
By the time they reached the drawing-room he had so far recovered his equanimity as to prove a very creditable witness, and between them they gave such an account of their adventure as satisfied even the excited expectations of their friends; though the Baron thought it both prudent and more becoming his dignity to leave considerable mystery attaching to the precise revelations of his ancestral spirit.
"Bot vere is Bonker ?" he asked, suddenly noticing the absence of his friend.
A moment later the Count entered and listened with the greatest interest to a second (and even more graphic) account of the adventure.

More intimate particulars still were confided to him when they had retired to their own room, and he appeared as surprised and impressed as any wraith-seer could desire.

As they parted for the night, the Baron started and sniffed at him.
"Vat a strange smell you have!" he exclaimed.
"Peat smoke, probably.

This fire wouldn't draw." "Strange!" mused the Baron.

"I did smell a leetle smell of zat before to-night." "Yes; one notices it all through the house with an east wind." This seemed to the Baron a complete explanation of the coincidence..