"As a matter of fact," said Bob, and quickly withdrew the unfortunate phrase, "I mean that I have heard the house has a bad name."
She frowned.
"A bad name!"
"Bad, in a certain way, They say it is haunted."
"Oh," said my wife, smiling, "is that all? They say? Who say?"
"I can't give you names," replied Bob, conspicuously nonplused, "because I don't know them. I can only tell you what I have heard."
"I thought as much," she said, her eyes twinkling with amusement. "Merely hearsay. You might be more explicit, Mr. Millet. Haunted? By what?"
"I don't know."
"When does It appear?"
"I can't say."