text:  Nay when in the sequel these results became matter of public commentation superstitious people were not wanting to hint that the evil spirit traditionally said to haunt one of the wings of the old manor and to have manifested itself on more than one occasion to members of the Altham family (and more especially to the late worthless proprietor of the Hall ) had acquired a fatal power over the two supplanters of the ruined family the moment they crossed the threshold