Nevertheless, she made a determined attempt to substantiate them by hearsay evidence.

"Mr.Berwin," said she in significant tones, "lives all alone in that haunted house." "Why not?
Every man has the right to be a misanthrope if he chooses." "He has no right to behave so, in a respectable square," replied Miss Greeb, shaking her head.

"There's only two rooms of that large house furnished, and all the rest is given up to dust and ghosts.

Mr.Berwin won't have a servant to live under his roof, and Mrs.Kebby, who does his charing, says he drinks awful.

Then he has his meals sent in from the Nelson Hotel round the corner, and eats them all alone.