“No! It was you who were told to amuse me!”
“Was it? Well, we’ll take it in turn then. Do you remember how I taught you cricket?”
“Yes, oh yes.”
“And what a rage you used to be in when you were caught out?”
“Yes,” answered Mabin, “I remember; but I don’t want to talk about cricket. I want to tell you something. Mrs. Dale has a fancy that ‘The Towers’ is haunted.”
And she related the adventure of the previous night, and her intention of changing rooms with her hostess.
Rudolph listened gravely, and there was a pause when she had finished before he made any comment. Then he said abruptly:
“You are not nervous, are you, Mabin? I know you used to have no end of pluck.”
“Well, I haven’t any less than I ever had.”
“Well, if you do change rooms, you have got to be prepared to see the ghost yourself.”