“Did you suspect me, Margaret?” resumed Euphra, turning towards her where she sat at the window.
“Not in the least. I only knew that something was wrong about the house; that some being was terrifying the servants, and poor Harry; and I resolved to do my best to meet it, especially if it should be anything of a ghostly kind.”
“Then you do believe in such appearances?” said Hugh.
“I have never met anything of the sort yet. I don’t know.”
“And you were not afraid?”
“Not much. I am never really afraid of anything. Why should I be?”
No justification of fear was suggested either by Hugh or by Euphra. They felt the dignity of nature that lifted Margaret above the region of fear.
“Come and see me again soon,” said Euphra, as Hugh rose to go.
He promised.
Next day he dined by invitation with Mrs. Elton and Harry. Euphra was unable to see him, but sent a kind message by Margaret as he was taking his leave. He had been fearing that he should not see Margaret; and when she did appear he was the more delighted; but the interview was necessarily short.