Two's Company
Two's Company The poem They said the house was haunted, but He laughed at them and said, Tut-tut! I never heard such title – tattle As ghosts that groan and chains that rattle; And just to prove I’m in the right Please leave me here to spend the night; They winked absurdly, tried to smother Their ignorant laughter, nudged each other And left him just as dusk was falling With a hunchback moon and screech owls calling. Not that this troubled him one bit; In fact, he was quite glad of it; Knowing it’s every sane man’s mission To contradict all superstition. But what is that? Outside it seemed As if chains rattled someone screamed! Come, come, it’s merely nerves, he’s certain (but just the same, he draws the curtain). The stroke of twelve – but there’s no clock! He shuts the door and turns the lock (of course he knows that no –one’s there But no harm’s done by taking care!); Some one’s ou...