Thanks, Arthur - readership comes down to interacting and you certainly excel in that regard, my friend - always a meaningful comment.

It grieves me to see beautiful old houses neglected and yes, some are haunted as you no doubt anticipated Blakely house is - of course, we know the occupants are haunted and Clare certainly is although she doesn't quite see it yet, but soon will.

People who haunts us in life tend to haunt us in death - there were a few memorable people in my life who made an impact and they still persist :)