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She hinted, with many a mysterious look and nod, that secrets endangering the domestic happiness of every family in the square were known to her, and appealed to the fact that such families still lived in harmony as a proof that she was to be trusted. "Wild horses wouldn't drag out of me what I know!" cried Miss Greeb earnestly.
People came from far and near to look at it, but no one entered its doors lest some evil fate should befall them. Yet, in strange contradiction to the horror it created in every breast, the houses on either side continued to be occupied. Miss Greeb frequently took a peep across the way at the empty house, with its curtainless, dusty windows and smokeless chimneys.
"They have been seen since his death," said Miss Greeb solemnly. "Then, as a ghost, Vrain must be walking about with the old woman phantom who wears brocade and high-heeled shoes."
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