― Jonathan Stroud, quote from The Screaming Staircase 'Wait! Why am I explaining myself to *you*? You just unleashed a ghost in our house!” I wanted to see if it would contract.' He waved his hands wildly in the air. I was just getting in myself when it occurred to me I could do a useful experiment about the resistance of ectoplasm to warmth. You put some nice soapy fragrance in that water, and.' I stared at him. 'And to bubble bath? There were bubbles all over the jar. I was testing the ghost's reaction to heat.' 'Carefully controlled? I found it in the bathtub the other day!' I do it under carefully controlled conditions.' 'Why are you complaining? You're always messing about with that stupid jar of yours.' You're crazy! *Purposefully* freeing a ghost!' No such luck with George he came in close, his eyes bulging so much behind his spectacles, they almost pressed against the glass. “Lockwood stepped aside, his boots crunching across the salt, to stand and study the paper beneath the light.
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