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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
103
"One
evening
I
was
at
the
village
of
Dewas
Kudea,
after
a
very
long
afternoon
and
evening
march
from
Muktul,
and
I
lay
down
very
weary;
but
the
barking
of
village
dogs,
the
baying
of
jackals
and
over-
fatigue
and
heat
prevented
sleep,
and
I
was
wide
awake
and
restless.
Suddenly,
for
my
tent
door
was
wide
open,
I
saw
the
face
and
figure
so
familiar
to
me,
but
looking
older,
and
with
a
sad
and
troubled
expression;
the
dress
was
white
and
seemed
covered
with
a
profusion
of
lace
and
glistened
in
the
bright
moonlight.
The
arms
were
stretched
out,
and
a
low
plaintive
cry
of
'Do
not
let
me
go!
Do
not
let
me
go!'
reached
me.
I
sprang
forward,
but
the
figure
receded,
growing
fainter
and
fainter
till
I
could
see
it
no
more,
but
the
low
plaintive
tones
still
sounded.
I
had
run
barefooted
across
the
open
space
where
my
tents
were
pitched,
very
much
to
the
astonishment
of
the
sentry
on
guard,
but
I
returned
to
my
tent
without
speaking
to
him.
I
wrote
to
my
father.
I
wished
to
know
whether
there
were
any
hope
for
me.
He
wrote
back
to
me
these
words:
'Too
late,
my
dear
son--on
the
very
day
of
the
vision
you
describe
to
me,
A.
was
married'."
The
colonel
did
not
keep
his
determination
not
to
marry,
for
his
Life
is
edited
by
his
daughter,
who
often
heard
her
father
mention
the
incident,
"precisely
in
the
same
manner,
and
exactly
as
it
is
in
the
book".
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