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32 A WELL-AUTHENTICATED GHOST STOHY.
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Mattersafter Alldid Not Turn Out Quite S...
to ask him the question , nn and til one day when him in he the was face _speakings aid
of " Pray India tell , I suddenl rue , were y s topped the ghost looking ? " " the hos s t
Ah " Yes I saw , " recognized answered , laug ine ; hing even hear the t first ily , ' tinie I was _5 at church g I .
, you , saw " ¦ But that you how recognized did you me manage . " it ? " said I , burning with
curiosity u It is , simp _" pray le enoug explain h , . " I had come from London out of y t the rain to
N- which is the nearest station to your way p H lace , , and I hired having a horse sent to on take my me luggage thither by a t carrier seems to however Grange ouse ; , ,
ins that tead in , asking Grange for direc House tions , and , I had consequen enquired tly for after Grange an h Farm our ' s
mi riding ght have I foun said d myself at your at gates your , for te , there horse instead are to two my , and te cousin seeing and ' s . no I t
i one t hroug wide abou h open t t I and dismounted ther , apparen which , led t t ied y no me my one to the within kitchen . one I ga rapped door , ; I several foun wen d the liht
of times the , bu fire t getting a door no just answer opposite I entered , I opened , and it seeing and wen by t along g dark so dark and still that it recalled to me the
adventure passage s of , ' Sir Bertrand' in the Fragment , ' I had been so fond with a of blue reading light when feet point a from ing boy to , and a mys almos instead terious t expec staircase heard ted to , or voice t o hand hea in r
distant a groan a artment few and turning me ; , saw , at I the end a of anoth . a r p do assage orI , ap apparen went towards tly , glimmer itdirec of ted lig by ht from the soun behin d of d a a half vigorous -open
stirring ; of the fire , and entered , amid the clash of falling tongs and But poker wh . " whdid not speak ? "
y , y you sta very u te Because pretty I was face at roused strong first b I ly was illum wholl ined siste y r ' s y engrossed e the xclam lamp at b io , y t looking from and which yo at ur a
father ' s rather ( pray excuse y your me ) uncivil address . , I was just assis I abou had t t t your got o beg to m in amma the an ex wrong p who lana , t p it lace , seems for , when by , easiest to that you ok tim me all e for of turned her course would bro away th I be saw er to to ' s
vanish sp acce irit p , t and the According it g occurred host-shi ly p to I that me retraced that had my my been step forced smounted cours upon e my me horse , and ,
. , , and _" rode But did away you . " see no one ? Was not Betsy in the kitchen ? " had in itbut did
something " The kitchen in petticoats certain skurry ly ing no from one behind , the stack I s as see I
rode away . "
32 A Well-Authenticated Ghost Stohy.
32 A WELL-AUTHENTICATED GHOST STOHY _.
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1864, page 32, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031864/page/32/
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