Of course it was seeing that photograph made you believe you saw Colonel Crofton's--" She stopped abruptly, for she never, if she could help it, used the word "ghost," or "spirit," to the child.
"Up to now I've always supposed that animals had no souls, Mum, but now I know they have.

I know another thing, too," but there was a doubtful note in his voice.

"I suppose that ghost-dog hates Mrs.Crofton because she was so unkind to his master.

That's why he makes the other dogs fly at her, I expect--or d'you think it's just because they're frightened that they do it ?" Janet Tosswill was an unconventional woman, also she was on terms of very close kinship with her strange little son.

Still, she reddened as she drew him closer to her and said: "Look here, Timmy, I want to tell you something.