"I believe there is, but I've forgotten it. I only know she walks on moonlight nights, down the steps by the sun-dial, and then disappears into the wall near the Abbey. At least she's supposed to. I've never met anybody who's seen her. Don't talk of such shuddery things! You make me feel creepy!" Apparently he offered masculine protection, for another suggestive sound was followed by a giggle and a remonstrance. The hostel bell was ringing, and the Abbey clock was striking eight. Were they going to stay talking all night? Ingred was growing desperate. She wondered how she was going to explain her absence to Mrs. Best. She even debated whether it would be advisable to open the summer-house door, bolt across the lawn, and trust to luck that the matter was not reported at the College. She had her hand on the latch when the feminine voice outside remarked: "It's getting chilly, Donald!" "Don't catch cold, darling!" with tender solicitude. "Would you rather go indoors?" "Hooray!" triumphed Ingred inwardly, though she did not dare to utter a sound. It took a little while for the lovers to get under way and finally stroll back along the path among the bushes. Ingred gave them time to walk out of sight and hearing, then made a dash for the rockery, scrambled over the wall, tore across the tennis courts, and entered the dining-room nearly ten minutes late for supper. Mrs. Best looked at her reproachfully, and Doreen, who was monitress for the month, took a notebook from her pocket and made an entry therein. Nora and Verity and Fil went on eating sago blanc-mange with stolid countenances that betrayed no knowledge of their room-mate's doings, but that night, when The Foursomes met in the privacy of Dormitory 2, they demanded an account of her adventure. She certainly had a piece of interesting news to confide. "Did you know that a ghost haunts the garden?" "No! Oh, I say, where?" "That part by the sun-dial. I've heard it called 'The Nun's Walk!'" "So have I; but I never knew there was a ghost!" "It's supposed to walk on moonlight nights." "How fearfully thrillsome!" "I've never seen a ghost!" shivered Fil. "No more have I--and I've never met anyone who exactly has. It's generally their cousin's cousin who's told them about it." "There's a moon to-night," remarked Nora. "So there is!" The four girls looked at one another, hair brushes in hand. Each had it on the tip of her tongue to make a suggestion. "I _dare_ you to go!" said Verity at last. "Not alone?" Fil was clutching already at Nora's hand. "Well, no! Hardly alone. I vote we all go together and try if we can see anything." "It would be rather spooksomely jinky!" "Well, look here, don't let's undress properly, but get into bed, and cover ourselves up until Nurse has been her rounds, then we'll slip downstairs and out through the side door into the garden. Are you game?" "Who's afraid?" said Ingred valiantly.