"It's a case of 'give a dog a bad name', then. I'm innocent for once."
"But the ghost ran up the steps to No. 8!"
"That's only 'circumstantial evidence'. I certainly didn't do it. Janie can tell you that I never left the bedroom."
"Yes, I could take my oath in a law court, as a reliable witness," vouched Janie.
"Then who was it?"
Honor shook her head.
"Ask me a harder!" she said briefly.
Flossie, who was standing near, looked rather conscious, but volunteered no explanation.
"It's a most peculiar thing," said Ruth. "Somebody must have been the ghost, I suppose."
"Unless it were a real one!" suggested Flossie. "It might——"