{"product_id":"2940149554973","title":"Rhyme? And Reason?","description":"Excerpt-But presently the Thing began\u003cbr\u003eTo shiver and to sneeze:\u003cbr\u003eOn which I said \"Come, come, my man!\u003cbr\u003eThat's a most inconsiderate plan.\u003cbr\u003eLess noise there, if you please!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I've caught a cold,\" the Thing replies,\u003cbr\u003e\"Out there upon the landing.\"\u003cbr\u003eI turned to look in some surprise,\u003cbr\u003eAnd there, before my very eyes,\u003cbr\u003eA little Ghost was standing!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe trembled when he caught my eye,\u003cbr\u003eAnd got behind a chair.\u003cbr\u003e\"How came you here,\" I said, \"and why?\u003cbr\u003eI never saw a thing so shy.\u003cbr\u003eCome out! Don't shiver there!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe said \"I'd gladly tell you how,\u003cbr\u003eAnd also tell you why;\u003cbr\u003eBut\" (here he gave a little bow)\u003cbr\u003e\"You're in so bad a temper now,\u003cbr\u003eYou'd think it all a lie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"And as to being in a fright,\u003cbr\u003eAllow me to remark\u003cbr\u003eThat Ghosts have just as good a right,\u003cbr\u003eIn every way, to fear the light,\u003cbr\u003eAs Men to fear the dark.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No plea,\" said I, \"can well excuse\u003cbr\u003eSuch cowardice in you:\u003cbr\u003eFor Ghosts can visit when they choose,\u003cbr\u003eWhereas we Humans ca'n't refuse\u003cbr\u003eTo grant the interview.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe said \"A flutter of alarm\u003cbr\u003eIs not unnatural, is it?\u003cbr\u003eI really feared you meant some harm:\u003cbr\u003eBut, now I see that you are calm,\u003cbr\u003eLet me explain my visit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Houses are classed, I beg to state,\u003cbr\u003eAccording to the number\u003cbr\u003eOf Ghosts that they accommodate:\u003cbr\u003e(The Tenant merely counts as weight,\u003cbr\u003eWith Coals and other lumber).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a 'one-ghost' house, and you\u003cbr\u003eWhen you arrived last summer,\u003cbr\u003eMay have remarked a Spectre who\u003cbr\u003eWas doing all that Ghosts can do\u003cbr\u003eTo welcome the new-comer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In Villas this is always done--\u003cbr\u003eHowever cheaply rented:\u003cbr\u003eFor, though of course there's less of fun\u003cbr\u003eWhen there is only room for one,\u003cbr\u003eGhosts have to be contented.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"That Spectre left you on the Third--\u003cbr\u003eSince then you've not been haunted:\u003cbr\u003eFor, as he never sent us word,\u003cbr\u003e'Twas quite by accident we heard\u003cbr\u003eThat any one was wanted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A Spectre has first choice, by right,\u003cbr\u003eIn filling up a vacancy;\u003cbr\u003eThen Phantom, Goblin, Elf, and Sprite--\u003cbr\u003eIf all these fail them, they invite\u003cbr\u003eThe nicest Ghoul that they can see.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Spectres said the place was low,\u003cbr\u003eAnd that you kept bad wine:\u003cbr\u003eSo, as a Phantom had to go,\u003cbr\u003eAnd I was first, of course, you know,\u003cbr\u003eI couldn't well decline.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No doubt,\" said I, \"they settled who\u003cbr\u003eWas fittest to be sent:\u003cbr\u003eYet still to choose a brat like you,\u003cbr\u003eTo haunt a man of forty-two,\u003cbr\u003eWas no great compliment!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I'm not so young, Sir,\" he replied,\u003cbr\u003e\"As you might think. The fact is,\u003cbr\u003eIn caverns by the water-side,\u003cbr\u003eAnd other places that I've tried,\u003cbr\u003eI've had a lot of practice:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"But I have never taken yet\u003cbr\u003eA strict domestic part,\u003cbr\u003eAnd in my flurry I forget\u003cbr\u003eThe Five Good Rules of Etiquette\u003cbr\u003eWe have to know by heart.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy sympathies were warming fast\u003cbr\u003eTowards the little fellow:\u003cbr\u003eHe was so utterly aghast\u003cbr\u003eAt having found a Man at last,\u003cbr\u003eAnd looked so scared and yellow.","brand":"Kartindo Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172462936304,"sku":"2940149554973","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149554973_p0.jpg?v=1763718921","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149554973","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}