` Two n't be so hard if ye 're reasonable . Do n't stay out as late as ye did last night . Ye coughed all night . Where was ye -- down at the shore ? '' `` No , '' said Roger , who always answered her questions even when he hated to . `` I was down at Aunt Isabel 's grave . '' `` Till eleven o'clock ! 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 ? ''
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