330 WHISPERS FROM FAIRYLAND. (v1.

more information in order to be cleared up in the
most satisfactory manner? What do you say zow to
your Red Baron, Sir Smith, Christina and all the rest
of them? What have you to say for yourself now,
sir?’ And the lady laughed again.

‘My darling, replied her husband with a loving
look, ‘ghost or no ghost, nothing can make me dis-
believe in the venison pasty and old madeira, which
were to my mind much better than the story. But,
he added with a rueful look, shaking his head as he
spoke, ‘I might have known that such a kick could
never have been given by a ghostly foot !’