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Punctually at nine
o’clock the doctor
arrived. When he saw
his friend, he laughed

and said, ‘Well, well, you
look pretty healthy for
someone who needs to
be watched all night.’

‘Have patience, my
old friend,’ replied Mr
Sesemann. ‘I am afraid
the person we have

to sit up for will look
worse but first we must
catch him.’
‘What? Is somebody sick in this house? What do you mean?’

‘Far worse, doctor, far worse. My house is haunted.’
When the doctor laughed, Mr Sesemann told him how the front door was opened
every night by somebody. He said that the matter was either a bad joke which somebody
was playing in his absence, or it was a gang of thieves, who, after scaring the people,

would surely rob his house one day. Thus, Mr Sesemann and the doctor prepared
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themselves to catch the ghost that night with two candelabra and two revolvers
ready for emergencies.
The two sat in the same room in which John and Sebastian had stayed up. They left

the door only partly open because too much light might drive the ghost away. Then,
sitting down comfortably, the two men passed their time by talking about all sorts of
things.
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‘The ghost seems to have scented us and probably won’t come today,’ said the
doctor.
‘Wait a bit. It usually does not appear before one o’clock,’ replied his friend.
So they talked till one o’clock. Everything was quiet and not a sound came from
the house or the street. Suddenly, the doctor raised his finger.

‘Sh! Sesemann, did you hear that?’
Continued in the next chapter

13 punctually: exactly on time 15 revolver: a small gun that has a turning cylindrical
14 candelabrum: branched candlestick that can hold many container for bullets
candles 16 scented us: (here) got to know about us
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