"Or was that a ghost back there telling me she can take care of herself?"

The ghosts take many forms, depending on how the person died, and are often harmful.

That had to be where the ghost was taking her.

Stephen will not think that the ghosts have taken us.

I did not want to go where the ghosts took shapes nothing like our own.

The ghost took him by the hand, and they set off again.

Why should the ghosts take any notice of us, if they can simply walk out into the world again?

If someone does something bad, a ghost may take a possession owned by the family.

Why should a ghost take clothing to the spirit world?

The ghosts were taking substance from it, growing more palpable by the second.