Ye ai n't wise ! I dunno what hankering ye have after that unchancy place . I ai n't been near it for twenty year . I wonder ye ai n't scairt . What 'd ye think ye 'd do if ye saw her ghost ? '' Catherine looked curiously at Roger . She was very superstitious and she believed firmly in ghosts , and saw no absurdity in her question . `` I wish I could see it , '' said Roger , his great eyes flashing . He believed in ghosts too , at least in Isabel Temple 's ghost . His uncle had seen it ; his grandfather had seen it ; he believed he would see it -- the beautiful , bewitching , mocking , luring ghost of lovely Isabel Temple . `` Do n't wish such stuff , '' said Catherine . `` Nobody ai n't never the same after they 've seen her . '' `` Was Uncle different ? '' Roger had come back into the kitchen and was looking curiously at his aunt . `` Diff ` rent ? He was another man . He did n't even look the same . Sich eyes ! Al ` ays looking past ye at something behind ye . They 'd give anyone creeps .
He never had any notion XXXXX flesh-and-blood women after that -- said a man would n't , after seeing Isabel .
after at for if in into near of unchancy year