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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
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"These
two
were
both
with
their
mother,
Lady
Beresford,
on
the
day
of
her
decease,
and
they,
without
assistance
or
witness,
took
off
from
their
parent's
wrist
the
black
bandage
which
she
had
always
worn
on
all
occasions
and
times,
even
at
Court,
as
some
very
old
persons
who
lived
well
into
the
eighteenth
century
testified,
having
received
their
information
from
eyewitnesses
of
the
fact.
There
was
an
oil
painting
of
this
lady
in
Tyrone
House,
Dublin,
representing
her
with
a
black
ribbon
bound
round
her
wrist.
This
portrait
disappeared
in
an
unaccountable
manner.
It
used
to
hang
in
one
of
the
drawing-rooms
in
that
mansion,
with
other
family
pictures.
When
Henry,
Marquis
of
Waterford,
sold
the
old
town
residence
of
the
family
and
its
grounds
to
the
Government
as
the
site
of
the
Education
Board,
he
directed
Mr.
Watkins,
a
dealer
in
pictures,
and
a
man
of
considerable
knowledge
in
works
of
art
and
vertu,
to
collect
the
pictures,
etc.,
etc.,
which
were
best
adapted
for
removal
to
Curraghmore.
Mr.
Watkins
especially
picked
out
this
portrait,
not
only
as
a
good
work
of
art,
but
as
one
which,
from
its
associations,
deserved
particular
care
and
notice.
When,
however,
the
lot
arrived
at
Curraghmore
and
was
unpacked,
no
such
picture
was
found;
and
though
Mr.
Watkins
took
great
pains
and
exerted
himself
to
the
utmost
to
trace
what
had
become
of
it,
to
this
day
(nearly
forty
years),
not
a
hint
of
its
existence
has
been
received
or
heard
of.
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