“He also seemed surprised to see me,” Carina said. “Is there anything wrong about this part of The Castle?”
Mrs. Barnstaple hesitated a moment.
“Not exactly wrong, Miss Warner,” she said, “but everyone is told not to come here because of the ghosts, you see.”
“The ghosts!” Carina cried.
She opened her lips to say, ‘and I have seen one’, but thought better of it.
“Yes, the ghosts,” Mrs. Barnstaple repeated. “We don’t want the maids upset. You know what servants are these days. They won’t stay a moment if there’s anything to frighten them and though I says it I shouldn’t, I’ve got some very good little girls under me and I don’t want to lose them.”
“But what are the ghosts like?” Carina asked.
“Oh, really, I don’t know,” Mrs. Barnstaple said hurriedly. “Some says one thing and some sa
