It suddenly came to her.
This is "the ghost"! Yet could it be possible?
She solved the question quickly.
"Mr.Keith, did you ever know Alice Lancaster ?" "Alice Lancaster-- ?" For a bare second he looked puzzled.

"Oh, Miss Alice Yorke?
Yes, a long time ago." He was conscious that his expression had changed.

So he added: "I used to know her very well." "Decidedly, this is the ghost," reflected Mrs.Wentworth to herself, as she scanned anew Keith's strong features and sinewy frame.

"Alice said if a woman had ever seen him, she would not be likely to forget him, and I think she was right." "Why do you ask me ?" inquired Keith, who had now quite recovered from his little confusion.

"Of course, you know her ?" "Yes, very well.