"Not as it'll be much use again' a ghost," said he, with a gloomy
shake of the head, "but a pistol's a comfortable thing to 'ave in
a lonely place--'specially if that place be very dark." Which last,
if something illogical, may be none the less true.
So, having shaken each by the hand, I bade them good night, and
set off along the darkening road.