"I'll make a clean breast of it.

I did see a ghost, and it was that as upset me so.

It wasn't the quarrelling frighted me: I thought nothing of that." "What do you mean by saying you saw a ghost ?" sharply reproved Mr.
Verner.
"It was a ghost, sir," she answered, apparently picking up a little courage, now the subject was fairly entered upon.
A pause ensued.

Mr.Verner may have been at a loss what to say next.
When deliberately assured by any timorous spirit that they have "seen a ghost," it is waste of time to enter an opposing argument.
"Where did you see the ghost ?" he asked.
"I had stopped still, listening to the quarrelling, sir.

But that soon came to an end, for I heard no more, and I went on a few steps, and then I stopped to listen again.