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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
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"When
her
two
children
repaired
to
Lady
Beresford,
she
thus
addressed
them:
'I
have
something
of
deep
importance
to
communicate
to
you,
my
dear
children,
before
I
die.
You
are
no
strangers
to
the
intimacy
and
the
affection
which
subsisted
in
early
life
between
Lord
Tyrone
and
myself.
We
were
educated
together
when
young,
under
the
same
roof,
in
the
pernicious
principles
of
Deism.
Our
real
friends
afterwards
took
every
opportunity
to
convince
us
of
our
error,
but
their
arguments
were
insufficient
to
overpower
and
uproot
our
infidelity,
though
they
had
the
effect
of
shaking
our
confidence
in
it,
and
thus
leaving
us
wavering
between
the
two
opinions.
In
this
perplexing
state
of
doubt
we
made
a
solemn
promise
one
to
the
other,
that
whichever
died
first
should,
if
permitted,
appear
to
the
other
for
the
purpose
of
declaring
what
religion
was
the
one
acceptable
to
the
Almighty.
One
night,
years
after
this
interchange
of
promises,
I
was
sleeping
with
your
father
at
Gill
Hall,
when
I
suddenly
awoke
and
discovered
Lord
Tyrone
sitting
visibly
by
the
side
of
the
bed.
I
screamed
out,
and
vainly
endeavoured
to
rouse
Sir
Tristram.
"Tell
me,"
I
said,
"Lord
Tyrone,
why
and
wherefore
are
you
here
at
this
time
of
the
night?"
"Have
you
then
forgotten
our
promise
to
each
other,
pledged
in
early
life?
I
died
on
Tuesday,
at
four
o'clock.
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