Madame Delphine LaLaurie:  You can talk . I thought you were tongueless .
Spalding: I was when I was alive .
Madame Delphine LaLaurie: Are you saying you 're dead ?
Spalding: Murdered . Right here in this room .
Madame Delphine LaLaurie: That 's true , is n't it ? I spent enough time in the grave to know a spirit when I encounter _ one _ .