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`` So the story got round that there was a woman kep ' private in Cap’n Brown 's house , and that he brought her from furrin parts ; and it growed and growed , till there was all sorts o ' ways o ' tellin on ' t. `` Some said they 'd seen her a settin ' at an open winder . Some said that moonlight nights they 'd seen her a walkin ' out in the back garden kind o ' in and out ' mong the bean-poles and squash-vines . `` You see , it come on spring and summer ; and the winders o ' the Cap’n Brown house stood open , and folks was all a watchin ' on 'em day and night . Aunt Sally Dickerson told the minister 's wife that she 'd seen in plain daylight a woman a settin ' at the chamber winder atween four and five o'clock in the mornin ' , -- jist a settin ' a lookin ' out and a doin ' nothin ' , like anybody else . She was very white and pale , and had black eyes . `` Some said that it was a nun the cap’n had brought away from a Roman Catholic convent in Spain , and some said he 'd got her out o ' the Inquisition . `` Aunt Sally said she thought the minister ought to call and inquire why she did n't come to meetin ' , and who she was , and all about her : 'cause , you see , she said it might be all right enough ef folks only know 'd jest how things was ; but ef they did n't , why , folks will talk . ''