“It is a ghost, Tom.”
“I don’t care, I like ghosts.”
“And you are going to sleep in the house?”
“Yes, I am.”
One of the party suggested:
“Suppose we all sleep out here and let Tom sleep in the house all alone by himself.”
“All right,” came the unanimous response.
Murray said:
“Oh, Tom is only pretending. He daren’t sleep in the house alone.”
“I’ll bet you fifty I dare.”