But apart from the story of the havildar, my own syce, a hillman who attends my pony, has actually seen two ghosts, with one of whom he held a long conversation.

a political engineer

The politician sidetracked the reporter with a story about duck hunting instead of a direct response to the question that was asked.

Robert: It's time we came clean about all our wrongdoings, Johnny. They're monsters now. Johnny: Rgh! Sanguinex: Hold it! We prefer the term humanly challenged. Sigh, it's hard getting respect as a Dark Blader.