The Past

The Past by Ellen Glasgow is about the ghost of a former lover haunting a neurotic young woman with a vengeance. Excerpt: «How do you think Mrs. Vanderbridge is looking? she asked abruptly in a voice that held a breathless note of suspense. Her nervousness and the queer look in her face made me stare at her sharply. This was a house, I was beginning to feel, where everybody, from the mistress down, wanted to question me. Even the silent maid had found a voice for interrogation.»