Ambrose Bierce's "A Fruitless Assignment"

[Sephlan]

Does anyone understand the ending?



Spoiler*

Were there ghosts, were they real people in the house?
When the editor asked him if anything happened, why did he say "nothing"?
It's confusing =/:banghead:

[Whifflingpin]

What would you have said to the editor, if you had been in Saylor's position?