`` The Family Ghost only appears in daylight , '' said the Story Girl . `` I would n't mind seeing a ghost in daylight . But after dark is another thing . '' `` There 's no such thing as a ghost , '' I said contemptuously . Oh , how I wished I could believe it ! `` Then what rung that bell ? '' said Peter . `` Bells do n't ring of themselves , I s ` pose , specially when there ai n't any in the house to ring . '' `` Oh , will Uncle Roger never come home ! '' sobbed Felicity . `` I know he 'll laugh at us awful , but it 's better to be laughed at than scared like this . '' Uncle Roger did not come until nearly ten . Never was there a more welcome sound than the rumble of his wheels in the lane . We ran to the orchard gate and swarmed across the yard , just as Uncle Roger alighted at the front door . He stared at us in the moonlight . `` Have you tormented any one into eating more bad berries , Felicity ? '' he demanded . `` Oh , Uncle Roger , do n't go in , '' implored Felicity seriously . `` There 's something dreadful in there -- something that rings a bell . Peter heard it .
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