Barby's voice said sternly, "Is that you, Rick Brant?"
He admitted it, rather meekly. "Uh-uh."
"Rick Brant! You knew all the time ... I mean, while Jan and I were ..."
Barby's voice was trembling. He thought she was in tears. He hoped not; she shouldn't take legends so seriously ...
Agent Taylor joined the group and chuckled. "You should have seen that Frostola man come out of the tunnel! I guess that final commercial shocked him silly."
"He wasn't the only one," Barby said swiftly, and to Rick's amazement she and Jan Miller burst into peals of laughter.
This wasn't the reaction Rick had expected. "But the romance," he said doubtfully. "I mean, you should be brokenhearted ..."
"I'll never understand girls," Scotty said darkly.
"It was like sitting through the same movie too many times," Barby explained.
Jan added, "Really, we were getting a little bored with the same act. If the ghost had only changed his routine a little ..."