Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The by Dick R. A

Author:Dick, R. A. [Dick, R. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Ghost, Ghost Stories, Novel, Horror, Fantasy, Classics
ISBN: 978-0-8041-7349-0
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 1945-01-23T03:00:00+00:00

From the first meeting she had had a curious reluctance in discussing the situation with Captain Gregg. She remained with the children until they were asleep, and, undressing in Anna’s room, crept quietly into her own and into bed. She pulled the blankets up about her ears, feigning deafness and sleep. She had no wish to speak of Miles Blane with Captain Gregg. It would be, she felt, humiliating to confess so soon that he had been right. But that night the captain refused to be put off.

“I must speak to you, Lucia,” he said, and his voice thundered through her senses, shaking her to answer him.

“Well,” she said, admitting him to her consciousness since he would not be denied.

“Oh, Lucia, me dear, me dear,” said Captain Gregg.

“Yes,” said Lucy, sitting up against her pillows, “you were right, there’s no fool like an old fool. I admit everything—I am ridiculous, susceptible, and happier than I’ve ever been in my life.”

“Oh, Lucia,” said the captain piteously.

“Why, I believe you’re jealous,” said Lucy.

“Jealousy is a disease of the flesh,” said the captain, “I am not jealous, but—oh, Lucia, will you ever forgive me?”

“Forgive you!” said Lucy. “But haven’t I just told you that I’m happier than I’ve ever been in my life? I’m happier than I believed it possible for anyone——”

“Stop! Stop!” said Captain Gregg. “It was all my fault, blind fool that I am—but there he was and he seemed ideal for my purpose, and I never realized just how young in your emotions you could be, Lucia, and I felt you needed a lesson, you were so complacent and cocksure, and, my God, you’ve got your lesson all right.”

“What do you mean?” asked Lucy.

“Me dear, the man is married,” said the captain.

“Miles—married!” Lucy gasped.

“He is indeed,” answered the captain. “He has a wife and three children, and the youngest only in his cradle.”

“I don’t believe it,” said Lucy.

“It’s true for all that,” said Captain Gregg sadly.

“But he told me he loved me—to-day he kissed me and said he had never been in love like that before,” said Lucy.

“You must never see him again,” said the captain.

“Of course I shall see him again,” replied Lucy. “There must be some mistake. He tells me everything—he couldn’t have not told me a big thing like that. He can’t be married—we love each other.”

“Me dear, to-day I took a journey and saw his wife,” said the captain.

“Is she pretty?” asked Lucy swiftly.

“Beautiful,” said Captain Gregg, “and the three boys the dead spit and image of their father.”

“No,” said Lucy, “I don’t believe it. Miles can’t be married.”

“I’m afraid you will have to believe it,” said the captain. “I blame myself, it is all my fault, but there was never a thought in his mind for his wife. I couldn’t tell that he was married till to-day when a letter came from her, telling him the baby was to be christened. For all his charm and good looks he’s nothing but a dilettante with enough money to indulge his fancies.

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