Gordon Young, Rich Crooks — Chapter 12 (1920)
“ Then Yang turned out the lights. Whoever has watched the night out, sleeplessly listening—I care not how strong his nerves—evokes a feeling of the eerie. With every sense strained to catch sounds, one hears much creaking and rustling, and it is very easy to believe in ghosts. ”
Gordon Young, Rich Crooks — Chapter 12 (1920)
“ Phantoms seem to flicker in the darkness before one's tense eyes, and the over-alert ears report all manner of faint, suspicious noises. I was alone in the house, not that being alone at all disturbed me, but even I, who am sometimes thought to be without emotion, am much more susceptible than I will admit to the startling effect of solitary and tense darkness. Each night after he turned out the lights, Yang left the house, and had any one taken the trouble to follow him, that person would have been convinced that he did not return until morning, for Yang was very subtle and elusive. ”
Gordon Young, Rich Crooks — Chapter 12 (1920)
“ As a matter of fact, the elusive and subtle Yang did return each night after his seeming departure, to patiently stand watch for the purpose of shadowing any one who left house. Yang could have shadowed a ghost, so I was not taking nearly the risk that I seemed to be in letting the clerical gentleman go his way. “How did you know—” he began for the third time, as if obsessed with some peculiar desire for information. But again I cut the question short, half-maliciously. “I know much more than most people give me credit for. ”
