And poor Mark was
frightened out of his life. Just for a moment, you know."
"What about the others?"
"Well, Betty and I knew; in fact, I'd told her--Miss Norris I
mean--not to be a silly ass. Knowing Mark. Mrs. Calladine
wasn't there--Betty wouldn't let her be. As for the Major, I
don't believe anything would frighten him."
"Where did the ghost appear?"
"Down by the bowling-green. That's supposed to be its haunt, you
know. We were all down there in the moonlight, pretending to
wait for it. Do you know the bowling-green?"
"No."
"I'll show it to you after dinner."
"I wish you would .... Was Mark very angry afterwards?"
"Oh, Lord, yes. Sulked for a whole day. Well, he's just like
that."
"Was he angry with all of you?"
"Oh, yes sulky, you know."
"This morning?"
"Oh, no. He got over it he generally does. He's just like a
child. That's really it, Tony; he's like a child in some ways.
As a matter of fact, he was unusually bucked with himself this
morning. And yesterday."
"Yesterday?"
"Rather. We all said we'd never seen him in such form.
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