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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
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"After
completing
her
hurried
breakfast
she
made
anxious
inquiries
as
to
whether
the
post
had
yet
arrived.
It
had
not
yet
come
in;
and
Sir
Tristram
asked:
'Why
are
you
so
particularly
eager
about
letters
to-
day?'
'Because
I
expect
to
hear
of
Lord
Tyrone's
death,
which
took
place
on
Tuesday.'
'Well,'
remarked
Sir
Tristram,
'I
never
should
have
put
you
down
for
a
superstitious
person;
but
I
suppose
that
some
idle
dream
has
disturbed
you.'
Shortly
after,
the
servant
brought
in
the
letters;
one
was
sealed
with
black
wax.
'It
is
as
I
expected,'
she
cries;
'he
is
dead.'
The
letter
was
from
Lord
Tyrone's
steward
to
inform
them
that
his
master
had
died
in
Dublin,
on
Tuesday,
14th
October,
at
4
p.m.
Sir
Tristram
endeavoured
to
console
her,
and
begged
her
to
restrain
her
grief,
when
she
assured
him
that
she
felt
relieved
and
easier
now
that
she
knew
the
actual
fact.
She
added,
'I
can
now
give
you
a
most
satisfactory
piece
of
intelligence,
viz.,
that
I
am
with
child,
and
that
it
will
be
a
boy'.
A
son
was
born
in
the
following
July.
Sir
Tristram
survived
its
birth
little
more
than
six
years.
After
his
death
Lady
Beresford
continued
to
reside
with
her
young
family
at
his
place
in
the
county
of
Derry,
and
seldom
went
from
home.
She
hardly
mingled
with
any
neighbours
or
friends,
excepting
with
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Jackson,
of
Coleraine.
He
was
the
principal
personage
in
that
town,
and
was,
by
his
mother,
a
near
relative
of
Sir
Tristram.
His
wife
was
the
daughter
of
Robert
Gorges,
LL.D.
(a
gentleman
of
good
old
English
family,
and
possessed
of
a
considerable
estate
in
the
county
Meath),
by
Jane
Loftus,
daughter
of
Sir
Adam
Loftus,
of
Rathfarnham,
and
sister
of
Lord
Lisburn.
They
had
an
only
son,
Richard
Gorges,
who
was
in
the
army,
and
became
a
general
officer
very
early
in
life.
With
the
Jacksons
Lady
Beresford
maintained
a
constant
communication
and
lived
on
the
most
intimate
terms,
while
she
seemed
determined
to
eschew
all
other
society
and
to
remain
in
her
chosen
retirement.
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