It was from companionship with this baby-phantom I had been roused on that moonlight night when I heard the cry; and it was on the afternoon of the day following I was summoned downstairs by a message that some one wanted me in Mrs. Fairfax's room. On repairing thither, I found a man waiting for me, having the appearance of a gentleman's servant: he was dressed in deep mourning, and the hat he held in his hand was surrounded with a crape band.
J'étais encore dans la compagnie de ce fantôme d'enfant la nuit où j'entendis le terrible cri, et l'après-midi du lendemain on vint m'avertir que quelqu'un m'attendait dans la chambre de Mme Fairfax; je m'y rendis et j'y trouvai un homme qui me parut un domestique de bonne maison; il était en grand deuil, et le drapeau qu'il tenait à la main était entouré d'un crêpe.