“Come in, won’t you?” asked Mr. Harper, opening the door wider.
“No, thank you,” said Lucy. “We have a great many other calls to make. But is Alice at home?”
“She is out being a goblin,” said Mrs. Harper. “I think you will find her on School Street. Could you each eat a caramel?”
The ghosts needed no second invitation. They thanked Mrs. Harper. “Do you know us?” Dora asked as they were going.
Mrs. Harper smiled. “Yes, I know you, Dora,” she said. “Mrs. Merrill’s little girls are ladies even when they wear pillow-cases.”
“What did she mean?” Dora asked Lucy as they went down the steps. Lucy didn’t know, but when they asked Mother, she seemed to understand, though she didn’t tell them.
“Ghosts, mamma! Come and save me!”—[Page 173.]
After they had called on all the people they knew in that part of town they went to Olive’s house, but she was out, having a Hallowe’en frolic herself.