[Beatrice by H. Rider Haggard]@TWC D-Link bookBeatrice CHAPTER XXIV 2/29
It was indeed a "case of ghosts," and they would, he reflected, haunt him for many a day. "How very odd," put in Elizabeth vivaciously, her keen eyes fixed intently on his face.
"Do you know I thought that I twice saw the door of our room open and shut in the most mysterious fashion.
I think that Beatrice must have something to do with it; she is so uncanny in her ways." Geoffrey never moved a muscle, he was trained to keep his countenance. Only he wondered how much this woman knew.
She must be silenced somehow. "Excuse me for changing the subject," he said, "but my time is short, and I have none to spare to hunt the 'Vicarage Ghost.' By the way, there's a good title for somebody.
Mr.Granger, I believe that I may speak of business matters before Miss Elizabeth ?" "Certainly, Mr.Bingham," said the clergyman; "Elizabeth is my right hand, and has the best business head in Bryngelly." Geoffrey thought that this was very evident, and went on.
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