They heard his heels click on the hall pavement below.

‘Hello!’ he called, his voice echoing alive through the house. Ursula smiled to herself. HE was frightened of the place too.

‘Hello! Here we are,’ she called downstairs. And they heard him quickly running up.

‘This is a ghostly situation,’ he said.

‘These houses don’t have ghosts — they’ve never had any personality, and only a place with personality can have a ghost,’ said Gudrun.

‘I suppose so. Are you both weeping over the past?’

‘We are,’ said Gudrun, grimly.

Ursula laughed.