"He came in by that door, behind me, and she was directly facing him. He says that he didn't move or yell, or do anything, but just stood staring at her.
"She paid no attention whatever to him, but passed across the room and went out by that other door, which opened as she approached and closed after her of itself.
"Then he ran for his room. He claims that he wasn't scared—only a bit nervous.
"You can believe that if you want to. I tell you that he was scared, so that he won't get over it in a year.
"If it wasn't for that I might think he was lying; but when a man like Gilder quietly invites the footman—whom he always hated—to take half of his bed for a few weeks, it's a sure thing that he's seen something out of the ordinary.
"And the footman, as I learn, was mighty glad to accept the invitation, for he's been having a few experiences of his own.
"Now, Mr. Carter, you and I believe that these things are done by some clever trickster. It may be that some bogus medium who used to get the colonel's good money away from him, wants more of it, and is taking this means of driving my uncle back to the fold of true believers.
"I'm beginning to believe that that may be the fact. But whatever it is, the case is almighty serious.
"Here's a nice old man, living happily, and gradually getting away from his delusion. Here's an agent of the devil trying to drive this old man back to his delusion, and make a lunatic of him, for that's what the doctor says will certainly happen.
"I say it's too bad, not to mention the jewels at all. Now, what are we going to do about it?"