I shall settle upon you the sum of three hundred pounds a year." The woman showed her first sign of weakness.

She began to shake.

There was a curious look of fear in her eyes.
"I can't leave this place, Sir Everard," she cried.

"I must stay here!" "Why ?" he demanded.
"Lady Dominey couldn't do without me," she answered sullenly.
"That," he replied, "is for her to decide.

Personally, from enquiries I have made, I believe that you have encouraged in her that ridiculous superstition about the ghost of your son.