human
They carried him out to the new part of town, said Priscilla, continuing her story,
gpt
I guess you had your share of Hallowe’en pranks, didn’t you?
human
Why, no. What made you think so?
gpt
When that carriage passed the house I woke up. It was a sort of uncanny noise, you know, wheels and footsteps, instead of horses’ hoofs. I suspected that something queer happening and I jumped up and looked out of my window, but the carriage had gone before I could get there. But I saw somebody on your porch.
human
The boys in this neighborhood were certainly on the rampage last night,
gpt
But this wasn’t a boy, explained Amy.
human
It was a woman, or a girl, dressed in a long, loose dress, like a light wrapper.
gpt
How mysterious that sounds, cried Priscilla, and Peggy, who, to her great relief, had reached the end of the coming-out party, put in her word.
human
It’s something new for the girls of the Terrace to go out playing Hallowe’en tricks.
gpt
But it wasn’t a Hallowe’en trick. There wasn’t anything out of order this morning,
human
It was something, anyway. I was as wide awake as I am now. It walked back and forth half a dozen times, while I stood looking, and then it seemed to disappear. O, girls, you don’t suppose--