“Yes, he was found hanging in the third-floor cellar!” “It’s the ghost!” little Giry blurted, as though in spite of herself; but she at once corrected herself, with her hands pressed to her mouth: “No, no! – I didn’t say it! – I didn’t say it! – – ” All around her, her panic-stricken companions repeated under their breaths: “Yes – it must be the ghost!” Sorelli was very pale.”

“Yes, he was found hanging in the third-floor cellar!” “It’s the ghost!” little Giry blurted, as though in spite of herself; but she at once corrected herself, with her hands pressed to her mouth: “No, no! – I didn’t say it! – I didn’t say it! – – ” All around her, her panic-stricken companions repeated under their breaths: “Yes – it must be the ghost!” Sorelli was very pale.”

— Gaston Leroux