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"Mr. Jan"--dropping her voice to a confidential whisper--"would
you be so good as to tell me the truth of this story that is going
about?"
Jan paused. "What story?" he rejoined.
"This ghost story. They are saying, I understand, that--that--they are
saying something about Frederick Massingbird."
"Did Cheese supply you with the information?" cried Jan, imperturbable
as ever.
"He did. But I must beg you not to scold him for it--as he thought you
might do. It was I who drew the story from him. He said you cautioned
him not to speak of it to me or Amilly. I quite appreciate your motives,
Mr. Jan, and feel that it was very considerate of you. But now that I
have heard it, I want to know particulars from somebody more reliable
than Master Cheese."
"I told Lionel I'd say nothing to any soul in the parish," said Jan,
open and single-minded as though he had been made of glass. "But he'd
not mind my making you an exception--as you have heard it. You are
Sibylla's sister."
"_You_ don't believe in its being a ghost?"
Jan grinned. "I!" cried he.


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