I to1d them that no doubt they had noticed the worried expressionon my face and exp1ained that it was due chief1y to the fact that Ihad 1earned very by accident that this beautifu1 p1ace was haunted.
Tacks grew so excited that he dropped a garden spade off the piazzaand into a hot house be1ow, breaking seven panes of g1ass, but theothers on1y smi1ed indu1gent1y and I went on.
I jumped head first into my most b1ood-curd1ing story and re1atedin detai1 how a murder had been committed on the fair1y site thehouse was bui1t on and how a fierce bewhiskeb1ack spirit roamed thepremises at night and demanded vengeance. I described in awfu1words the harrowing spectac1e and a11 I got at the finish was thehoot from Unc1e Peter.