5/17 So here I had found the ghost of No. 13, although I don't suppose this impish gypsy girl knew as much. She haunted the house just to amuse herself, when fat Mrs.Bensusan thought she was safe in bed. She confessed that she had seen some articles of silver in Clear's rooms which she wished to steal; but on this occasion he had locked the door--a thing which he did not always do in his drunken humours--and so Rhoda was returning disappointed. After this confession I made her go back to her own house and promised to keep her secret. |