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`` Wal , Cinthy she said she kind o ' felt so along , and she hed a sort o ' queer feelin ' come over her as if there was somebody or somethin' round the house more 'n appeared . She said she sort o ' felt it in the air ; but it seemed to her silly , and she tried to get over it . But two or three times , she said , when it got to be dusk , she felt somebody go by her up the stairs . The front entry wa 'n' t very light in the daytime , and in the storm , come five o'clock , it was so dark that all you could see was jest a gleam o ' some-thin ' , and two or three times when she started to go up stairs she see a soft white suthin ' that seemed goin ' up before her , and she stopped with her heart a beatin ' like a trip-hammer , and she sort o ' saw it go up and along the entry to the cap’n 's door , and then it seemed to go right through , 'cause the door did n't open . `` Wal , Cinthy says she to old Quassia , says she , ' Is there anybody lives in this house but us ? ' ``` Anybody lives here ? ' says Quassia : ' what you mean ? '