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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
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Finally,
Clarendon
makes
the
appearances
set
in
six
months
before
Felton
slew
the
duke.
The
percipient,
unnamed,
was
in
bed.
The
narrative
now
develops
new
features;
the
token
given
on
the
ghost's
third
coming
obviously
concerns
Buckingham's
mother,
the
Countess,
the
"one
person
more"
who
knew
the
secret
communicated.
The
ghost
produces
no
knife
from
under
his
gown;
no
warning
of
Buckingham's
death
by
violence
is
mentioned.
A
note
in
the
MS.
avers
that
Clarendon
himself
had
papers
bearing
on
the
subject,
and
that
he
got
his
information
from
Sir
Ralph
Freeman
(who
introduced
the
unnamed
percipient
to
the
duke),
and
from
some
of
Buckingham's
servants,
"who
were
informed
of
much
of
it
before
the
murder
of
the
duke".
Clarendon
adds
that,
in
general,
"no
man
looked
on
relations
of
that
sort
with
less
reverence
and
consideration"
than
he
did.
This
anecdote
he
selects
out
of
"many
stories
scattered
abroad
at
the
time"
as
"upon
a
better
foundation
of
credit".
The
percipient
was
an
officer
in
the
king's
wardrobe
at
Windsor,
"of
a
good
reputation
for
honesty
and
discretion,"
and
aged
about
fifty.
He
was
bred
at
a
school
in
Sir
George's
parish,
and
as
a
boy
was
kindly
treated
by
Sir
George,
"whom
afterwards
he
never
saw".
On
first
beholding
the
spectre
in
his
room,
the
seer
recognised
Sir
George's
costume,
then
antiquated.
At
last
the
seer
went
to
Sir
Ralph
Freeman,
who
introduced
him
to
the
duke
on
a
hunting
morning
at
Lambeth
Bridge.
They
talked
earnestly
apart,
observed
by
Sir
Ralph,
Clarendon's
informant.
The
duke
seemed
abstracted
all
day;
left
the
field
early,
sought
his
mother,
and
after
a
heated
conference
of
which
the
sounds
reached
the
ante-room,
went
forth
in
visible
trouble
and
anger,
a
thing
never
before
seen
in
him
after
talk
with
his
mother.
She
was
found
"overwhelmed
with
tears
and
in
the
highest
agony
imaginable".
"It
is
a
notorious
truth"
that,
when
told
of
his
murder,
"she
seemed
not
in
the
least
degree
surprised."
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