“Neither can I, and I sat there and watched you being untied. Did you ever hear your dear old friends tell of ghosts?”
“I hear this is a ghost doing this.”
“I am not able to say.”
“Neither am I.”
“Well, do you think you could find out if it were one?”
“I could not say.”
“I am going to have you remain in this office a few days and see if you can see what I do. I am not going to have you do anything, only look and listen.”
“Sir, I am not a coward, but I would prefer to work, as I am becoming used to hard labor and would like to keep busy.”
“I think you will find this job hard enough, and it will keep you busy enough—or, at least, I have been pretty busy holding myself in here. I feel I need my vacation now.”