I have fretted myself incessant since Luke left, a-thinking as I could never know comfort again; but perhaps it's all for the best now, as he should ha' went." She curtsied, and the door was closed upon her.

Her evidence left an unsatisfactory feeling behind it.
An impression had gone forth that Mrs.Roy could throw some light upon the obscurity; and, as it turned out, she had thrown none.

The greater part of those present gave credence to what she said.

All believed the "ghost" to have been pure imagination; knowing the woman's proneness to the marvellous, and her timid temperament.

But, upon one or two there remained a strong conviction that Mrs.Roy had not told the whole truth; that she could have said a great deal more about the night's work, had she chosen to do so.
No other testimony was forthcoming.