It was with the deepest surprise that I found my not altogether roomy flat to be already inhabited. Fortunately, being a ghost, my companion did not consume as much space and nourishment as I. 

He made himself known in the most benign of ways known to the dead: he cleared his throat. 

I educated myself on spirits that same day. There seemed to be no removal of him that would not involve a priest, and as my last tête-à-tête with a holy man did not go very well, it seemed he would have to remain.