What is the first unpleasant conversation with mrs. Danvers about?

Sometimes, when I walk along the corridor here, I fancy I hear her just behind me. That quick, light footstep. I could not mistake it anywhere...It's almost as though I catch the sound of her dress sweeping the stairs as she comes down to dinner. Do you think she can see us, talking to one another now? Do you think the dead come back and watch the living?

Mrs. Danvers, p. 172

This quotation is spoken by Mrs. Danvers during one of her first confrontations with the narrator. "Rebecca" is not a traditional ghost story: Rebecca does not roam the halls of Manderley in spirit form. Instead, she haunts Manderley in the memories of those that live there. Mrs. Danvers maintains all of Rebecca's traditions, even down to the use of the house telephone for approving menus; all of the furnishings were chosen specifically by Rebecca; even Rebecca's room is kept exactly as it was on the night that she died. Although the narrator never knew Rebecca, she is still tormented by her presence: everything in the house has a touch of Rebecca, and there is no room for anyone else.

Sometimes, when I walk along the corridor here, I fancy I hear her just behind me. That quick, light footstep. I could not mistake it anywhere...It's almost as though I catch the sound of her dress sweeping the stairs as she comes down to dinner. Do you think she can see us, talking to one another now? Do you think the dead come back and watch the living?

Mrs. Danvers, p. 172

This quotation is spoken by Mrs. Danvers during one of her first confrontations with the narrator. "Rebecca" is not a traditional ghost story: Rebecca does not roam the halls of Manderley in spirit form. Instead, she haunts Manderley in the memories of those that live there. Mrs. Danvers maintains all of Rebecca's traditions, even down to the use of the house telephone for approving menus; all of the furnishings were chosen specifically by Rebecca; even Rebecca's room is kept exactly as it was on the night that she died. Although the narrator never knew Rebecca, she is still tormented by her presence: everything in the house has a touch of Rebecca, and there is no room for anyone else.