“It’s not a palace,” said Van as he looked around the hayloft. “Still, you’ve made it livable, which is what counts. It’s a good thing ghosts don’t eat. There’s no room for a kitchen.”
“Is that damned with faint praise?” Kurt whispered to Tonio.
“Or something close,” Tonio replied.
“We were thinking, if you’re interested, that we can curtain off that corner—” Brody pointed to it, “—to serve as another bedroom.”
Gene nodded as he turned slowly to take in the whole area. “Why just up here?” he asked.
“We don’t get many people coming around,” Brody said. “But those who wander into the area will sometimes peer through the windows to see what’s in here. It’s why we left all the junk down there the way it is. There’s nothing anyone would want to fight the rats and vermin to get their hands
