"Nothing to feed on."
"You don't know what's at the bottom of that," said Carl, pointing downward.
"And I don't want to. If it's fish, I'd not eat them," said Tom.
They walked back to the keeper's cottage. Jane met them at the door, surprised to see the state of Carl's clothes. She asked where he had been.
"Exploring the moat and the keep," he replied, thinking her pretty face was a great help to banish phantoms.
Jane laughed as she said:
"You've had a fright. Keep away from the place, it's haunted; there's danger when you meddle with 'em."
"I saw nothing in the keep. I told your father so."
Jane shook her head as she replied:
"Best say nothing about it; keep those things to yourself."