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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
154
We
omit
such
things
as
the
dripping
death
wraith
of
a
drowned
cat
who
appeared
to
a
lady,
or
the
illused
monkey
who
died
in
a
Chinese
house,
after
which
he
haunted
it
by
rapping,
secreting
objects,
and,
in
short,
in
the
usual
way.
{155c}
We
adduce
PETER'S
GHOST
A
naval
officer
visited
a
friend
in
the
country.
Several
men
were
sitting
round
the
smoking-room
fire
when
he
arrived,
and
a
fox-terrier
was
with
them.
Presently
the
heavy,
shambling
footsteps
of
an
old
dog,
and
the
metallic
shaking
sound
of
his
collar,
were
heard
coming
up
stairs.
"Here's
old
Peter!"
said
his
visitor.
"Peter's
dead!"
whispered
his
owner.
The
sounds
passed
through
the
closed
door,
heard
by
all;
they
pattered
into
the
room;
the
fox-terrier
bristled
up,
growled,
and
pursued
a
viewless
object
across
the
carpet;
from
the
hearth-rug
sounded
a
shake,
a
jingle
of
a
collar
and
the
settling
weight
of
a
body
collapsing
into
repose.
{156}
This
pleasing
anecdote
rests
on
what
is
called
nautical
evidence,
which,
for
reasons
inexplicable
to
me,
was
(in
these
matters)
distrusted
by
Sir
Walter
Scott.
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