d wondered if it was all real.
Sunnyside is for sale--no, I shall not buy it. Little Lucien Armstrong
is living with his step-grandmother, and she is recovering gradually
from troubles that had extended over the entire period of her second
marriage. Anne Watson lies not far from the man she killed, and who as
surely caused her death. Thomas, the fourth victim of the conspiracy,
is buried on the hill. With Nina Carrington, five lives were
sacrificed in the course of this grim conspiracy.

There will be two weddings before long, and Liddy has asked for my
heliotrope poplin to wear to the church. I knew she would. She has
wanted it for three years, and she was quite ugly the time I spilled
coffee on it. We are very quiet, just the two of us. Liddy still
clings to her ghost theory, and points to my wet and muddy boots in the
trunk-room as proof. I am gray, I admit, but I haven't felt as well in
a dozen years. Sometimes, when I am bored, I ring for Liddy, and we
talk things over. When Warner married Rosie, Liddy sniffed and said
what I took for faithfulness in Rosie had been nothing but mawkishness.
I have not yet outlived Liddy's contempt because I gave them silver
knives and forks as a wedding gift.

So we sit and talk, and sometimes Liddy threatens to leave, and often I
discharge her, but we stay together somehow. I am talking of renting a
house next year, and Liddy says to be sure there is no ghost. To be
perfectly frank, I never really lived until that summer. Time has
passed since I began this story. My neighbors are packing up for
another summer. Liddy is having the awnings put up, and the window
boxes filled. Liddy or no Liddy, I shall advertise to-morrow for a
house in the country, and I don't care if it has a Circular Staircase.

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