Not exactly.

I was--er--curious about the face I saw, or thought I saw, last night, and looked into the room through the same window.

By doing so I scared Mrs.Bates, who was clearing the table, and she screamed--" "Her would, too," put in Bates.

"Her'd take 'ee for Owd Ben's ghost." "You shut up, Bates," said the policeman.

"Don't interrupt Mr.Grant." Grant was conscious of an undercurrent of suspicion in the constable's manner.