things happen in these old buildings, particularly in
the Highlands, and after dinner; if he comes, Baron,
you must ask him three questions."

The Baron laughed scornfully.

"If I see a ghost I vill ask him many interesting
questions--if he does feel cold, and sochlike, eh? Ha,
ha!"

With an imperturbable gravity that was not without
its effect upon the other, however gaily he might talk,
Bunker continued

"The three questions are: first, 'What art thou?'
second, 'Why comest thou here, O spirit?' third,
'What instructions desirest thou to give me?' Strictly
speaking, they ought to be asked in Gaelic, but exceptions
have been made on former occasions, and Mac-
Dui--who pipes, by the way, in the anteroom--assures
me that English will satisfy the Wraith in your
case."

The Baron sniffed and laughed, and twirled up the
ends of his mustaches till they presented a particularly
desperate appearance. Yet there was a faint intonation
of anxiety in his voice as he inquired--

"You vill gom as my friend, of course?"