The sociable ghost
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II The Beginning of the Acquaintance
- Chapter III The Reporter Meets the Leader of the Four Hundred
- Chapter IV The Gambler's Penance
- Chapter V The Mended Ghost
- Chapter VI The Princess from Egypt
- Chapter VII The Ghosts Tell Stories, and Compare Notes
- Chapter VIII The Grand Ball, Convention and End of It All
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