I had almost forgotten that it was burdened with such an uncanny reputation, and I'm sure that Mrs.Packard would have shared my indifference if it had not been for the domestic difficulty I have mentioned.

It took us two weeks to secure help of any kind." "Indeed! and how long have you been in the house?
I judge that you rent it ?" "Yes, we rent it and we have been here two months.

It was the only house I could get in a locality convenient for me; besides, the old place suits me.

It would take more than an obsolete ghost or so to scare me away from what I like." "But Mrs.Packard?
She may not be a superstitious woman, yet--" "Don't be fanciful, Miss Saunders.

You will have to look deeper than that for the spell which has been cast over my wife.