[The Blue Pavilions by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch]@TWC D-Link bookThe Blue Pavilions CHAPTER IV 21/23
I could run you a moat around the back, and keep it supplied with fresh water all the year round.
By the way, talking of moats and fresh water, did I tell you that Roderick Salt was not drowned, after all ?" "Eh? How did he die, then ?" "He's not dead." "Good God!" "He has been seen at The Hague, and again at Cuxhaven, by men of this very port.
Beckerleg will give you their names." "But you tell me--the will, here, says--that he's joint guardian--" "Yes: it's serious, if he finds out.
Mr.Finch--I may say I've a large respect for that attorney--Mr.Finch suggests that it may have been his ghost.
I think, Jack, we must take that explanation." "Rubbish!" "Ghosts have some useful properties." "Name one or two." "Well, to start with, they can be disbelieved in until seen." "I begin to see." "Then, again, should one appear, he can be believed in and walked through.
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