Chapter 17: The Night Before the Wedding

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌⁠Apparently the Ellsworth ghost became disgusted with the prosaic means adapted to secure its identification.

From that horror-haunted night it ceased to invade Dainty's chamber with its grewsome cough and ghoulish presence.

It was true that in some of her occasional solitary moments, in some quiet twilight hour, she had been startled by the sound of that hateful cough, coming from apparently nowhere