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84 A WELL-AUTHENTICATED GHOST STORY.
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the conversation at that time . But when about a week had acquainting elapsed , I could Harriet no with longer what repress I had the heard strong ; so - one desire day I felt when of
we two were alone sewing at our new black dresses , 1 , began thus : —
" I know who it was that startled us that evening _!" Harriet u I mean looked I know up who bewildered it was — that and you I continued mistook — for a
ghostit was Mr . Morland !" Harriet put down her work and looked at me for a minute in
"silence After , as the if unable intelli to express we her have horror received and amazem Emil ent that . gence , y , you
should u But still Harriet doubt , , is Mr more . Morland than strange has told —it is me positivel exactl y y wrong how . it "
happened " He is — fortun how he ate came in . finding and went such . " a credulous young lady . "
u The I would credulous rather young believe lad in y a is ghost one who than believes a man any in ghosts day . " . "
me We that were I burst both out losing laug our hing tempers , in which , but she this joined speech , and so after tickled a
time I succeeded in persuading her to listen to my recital . with When this I had lain done statement , I looked of up the expecting fact . to Not see at her all overwhelmed ! she onl y
p laug " Ve hed ry mocking well done ly and indeed said— —only unfortunately false on the
face of it . " " " How I know so nothing ! you cannot of him doubt scarcel Mr y . Morland but as Betsy ' s words never . " left the
kitchen could not that have evening passed , and in and Lion out was without _, in his being kennel seen , Mr /' . Morland
u u I Betsy choose must to believe have been Betsy out . — Poor she has irl told ! if what a fals you ehood say . " were
true and became knownshe would be g dismissed and perhaps lose her character . " ,
littl I e was reflection startled determined at this new that view rather of th the an expose matter , the and cul after prit— a
for to mention such no doubt the subject Betsy at was present , I would . He request readil Mr y comp . Morland lied , and not
our well authenticated ghost story , uncontradicted _, took deeper root After and we spread had and removed flourished to our . new farm , after my
engagement to Mr . Morland had taken place—with the warm after approval Betsy of my and parents Tom , had as it both was a been grand dismissed match for for me— being and
assembl untrustworthy edto introduce and idle the , I subject ventured of g one hosts evening ! and Mr , in . Morland family
speaking , on that hint recounted what he called his first
84 A Well-Authenticated Ghost Story.
84 A WELL-AUTHENTICATED GHOST STORY .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1864, page 34, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031864/page/34/
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