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Why did the narrator's grandfather insist that whoever alluded to the old gentleman should be dismissed without warning?

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He was a religious man and disapproved of superstition.
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He feared the wrath of the ghost if spoken of.
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He worried servants would quit if they heard about the ghost.
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He refused to entertain the possibility that there was an apparition.
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Solution

The correct option is D He refused to entertain the possibility that there was an apparition.
The speaker says that old Sir Ralph believed in nothing he could not see or lay hold of. D is the only option that covers this fact.
As the other options are irrelevant, they do not answer the question. Hence, they can be rejected.

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