were there ghosts said minty perhaps but i never actually saw anything they drove to belton the day after school finished and aunt mary was waiting at her front door you've grown she told minty then said to kate she'll have the same room that you always had they went upstairs and kate helped minty to unpack her suitcase then they came down for the lunch that aunt mary had cooked for them after lunch kate and minty sent to look at the church which was only a short walk away the july afternoon was hot and still and they walked slowly throuh the churchyard stopping to read gravestones as they passed.