Gladys and Rick Burns had driven up to see their son so quickly that they had grabbed only one change of clothes. They were genuinely thankful to Carolyn Muir for her offer of a place to stay. With the holidays there and the snowstorm they were sure that all the hotel rooms were full. As they went into the guest bedroom, they both were glad to have a warm and comfortable bed.

Captain Gregg had gone into the bedroom with Mrs. Muir and had taken a seat next to her on the couch. He smiled at her and could see that she was having some deep thoughts . "Are you worried about Glen?" he asked.

Carolyn looked at the man that she loved and said "No. But I was wondering if they knew about you or not. It seems that Elroy talked to Glen about you all of the time. He knew about you and so did his sister." she told him thinking to herself.

She was right, Elroy had talked about things that he should have kept to himself. But, he was with what he considered family and for that Captain Gregg could not feel that he had done wrong. It was just by coincidence that Candy and Glen had gotten together. He had accepted the matter and Captain Gregg knew that Carolyn would have to get used to the thought also. "It will work out. I promise that if they are the type of people who accepted Elroy into their home, they know about keeping such things quiet." he told her tenderly.

Carolyn knew that Captain Gregg was right . This was something that was going to happen eventually. She liked it when the Captain could spend time with her family. They had just had a great Thanksgiving celebration right up to the time Glen had his accident. But when they had come to the house to spend the night, they had turned out to be very nice and had not mentioned the Captain at all. They hadn't even asked about the large painting of him that was hanging in their living room.

As Gladys sat at the dressing table and got ready for bed she turned to her husband glen . "I don't think that we should mention to anyone here how Elroy has told us about Captain Gregg. He was in the living room with us. I could see Carolyn doing the same thing I do when Elroy is around. The others in the room were nodding to the man also"

Glen looked at his wife and told her "Hon I am sure that they suspect that we know the truth. But I agree with you. We should keep our knowledge quiet and not say a word about him. That is their business. Of all the people in the world that should understand about having a ghost in the house and wanting to keep it quiet we should be the ones."

Candy had gone home to her apartment and was thanking the good lord that Glen was going to be all right. She thought that once he was home she would make him a special turkey dinner. She would go to Gull Cottage in the morning and see if Glen's parents would like to ride over with her to the hospital.

Glen was busy all evening getting test and bed checks every hour on the hour. He thought that it would have been better if he could have gone home. He hardly got any rest and early in the morning he was woken up again. He sat up and ate a good breakfast. He was a little sore but felt pretty good. Now he was wondering about his car. He had insurance but there was the deductible.

Even though the house was a strange home, Gladys and Rick both spent a comfortable night at Gull Cottage. As Gladys was doing her hair Elroy popped in to check on them. "Good morning Miss Gladys. Did you sleep well?"

"Good morning Elroy. Why yes Mrs. Muir is a wonderful host. Have you been to the hospital to see Glen today?" she asked her friend.

"Yes I did and he is eating his breakfast. Now all he is worried about is the car and how damaged it is." Elroy was telling her as Rick came into the room.

"How bad is the car damaged? Did you see it?" Glen asked.

Elroy looked at them both and told them "I am not sure. The car had to be towed and it had a big dent in the front. But I am not very good on the knowledge of an automobile. It is going to need work, though. It is his camera that has been damaged badly, I am afraid. The lens that he is always cleaning is broken and the camera is all over the inside of the car. It broke into pieces I am afraid." Elroy told them.

That was a shame. Glen was so proud of his camera and it was so expensive. Both of his parents were very concerned about this piece of news. But they could smell breakfast cooking and headed downstairs to the kitchen. The lady who had been there the night before Martha was downstairs making bacon and eggs and both Gladys and Glen greeted her good morning. She had been in the middle of a conversation and acted flustered when they came in. But they both knew that she had been talking to the Captain and acted as though they had heard nothing.

Carolyn Muir came down a few minutes later and the breakfast was pleasant. She was a writer and Glen Sr. was a reporter. They had a lot to discuss and each were impressed with the other. Just as Martha went to take her seat Candy appeared in the doorway. She was a beautiful young lady who walked in with the elegance of her mother. It was decided that once breakfast was done they would ride with Candy to go see Glen at the hospital.