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38 "It means the loosening all the doors,"
 * The ghost replied, and laughed:

"It means the drilling holes by scores In all the skirting-boards and floors,
 * To make a thorough draught.

"You'll sometimes find that one or two
 * Are all you really need

To let the wind come whistling through— But here there'll be a lot to do!"
 * I faintly gasped "Indeed!

"If I'd been rather later, I'll
 * Be bound," I added, trying

(Most unsuccessfully) to smile, "You'd have been busy all this while,
 * Trimming and beautifying?"