We were almost as badly scared as Peter . There we stood in a huddled demoralized group . Oh , what an eerie place that orchard was ! What shadows ! What noises ! What spooky swooping of bats ! You COULD N'T look every way at once , and goodness only knew what might be behind you ! `` There CA N'T be anybody in the house , '' said Felicity . `` Well , here 's the key -- go and see for yourself , '' said Peter . Felicity had no intention of going and seeing . `` I think you boys ought to go , '' she said , retreating behind the defence of sex . `` You ought to be braver than girls . '' `` But we ai n't , '' said Felix candidly . `` I would n't be much scared of anything REAL . But a haunted house is a different thing . '' `` I always thought something had to be done in a place before it could be haunted , '' said Cecily . `` Somebody killed or something like that , you know . Nothing like that ever happened in our family . The Kings have always been respectable . '' `` Perhaps it is Emily King 's ghost , '' whispered Felix .
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