She leant forward and looked closely at herself in the glass, and then sank back in her chair and smiled, and half-closed her eyes.
"Dionetta," she said presently, "what makes you so pale?"
"It is the Shadow, my lady, that was seen to-night," replied Dionetta in a whisper; "I cannot get it out of my mind."
"But you did not see it?"
"No, my lady; but it was there."
"You believe in ghosts?"
"Yes, my lady."
"You would not have the courage to go where one was to be seen?"
"Not for all the gold in the world, my lady."
"But the other servants are more courageous?"