unearths some literary gems.
From The Black House, by Constance and Gwenyth Little:
[In case you're keeping score, this is the *second* book by the Littles in which there's a house that has been divided in two up the middle, with an "empty" half that complements the half that is normally used, but in which there are goings-on.]
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"My aunt didn't approve of spirits."
"Well"--Diana sighed--"that's one thing the old girl and I have in common. I don't approve of her, and you tell me she's a spirit.