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This was enough for the girls . Without even a backward glance they scurried across the lawn like so many little white phantoms and in at the side door of Three Towers Hall . For days the girls could think of little else than the initiation into the `` Ghost Club '' and their startling meeting with the `` Codfish . '' Whenever they could get together between classes or at noon or before they went to bed , these were the topics of conversation . And of these , the `` Codfish '' held first place . `` He must be a real burglar , '' Connie said during one of these gatherings . `` Of course he was , '' said Rose , looking a little bored .