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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
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"I
think
Mr.
Buckley
when
he
arrived
never
heard
anything
unusual.
But
one
evening
as
he
walked
upstairs
carrying
an
ink-bottle,
he
found
his
hand
full
of
some
liquid.
Thinking
that
he
had
spilt
the
ink,
he
went
to
a
window
where
he
found
his
hand
full
of
water,
to
account
for
which
there
was
no
stain
on
the
ceiling,
or
anything
else
that
he
could
discover.
On
another
occasion
one
of
the
young
ladies
was
kneeling
by
a
trunk
in
an
attic,
alone,
when
water
was
switched
over
her
face,
as
if
from
a
wet
brush.
{177b}
There
was
a
small
pool
of
water
on
the
floor,
and
the
wall
beyond
her
was
sprinkled.
"Time
went
on,
and
the
disturbances
were
very
rare:
in
fact
ceased
for
two
years
till
the
present
week,
when
Mrs.
Claughton,
a
widow
accompanied
by
two
of
her
children,
came
to
stay
with
the
Buckleys.
{177c}
She
had
heard
of
the
disturbances
and
the
theory
of
hauntings--
I
don't
know
if
these
things
interested
her
or
not.
"Early
on
Monday,
9th
October,
Mrs.
Claughton
came
to
consult
me.
Her
story
was
this:
About
a
quarter
past
one
on
Sunday
night,
or
Monday
morning,
she
was
in
bed
with
one
of
her
children,
the
other
sleeping
in
the
room.
She
was
awakened
by
footsteps
on
the
stair,
and
supposed
that
a
servant
was
coming
to
call
her
to
Miss
Buckley,
who
was
ill.
The
steps
stopped
at
the
door,
then
the
noise
was
repeated.
Mrs.
Claughton
lit
her
bedroom
candle,
opened
the
door
and
listened.
There
was
no
one
there.
The
clock
on
the
landing
pointed
to
twenty
minutes
past
one.
Mrs.
Claughton
went
back
to
bed,
read
a
book,
fell
asleep,
and
woke
to
find
the
candle
still
lit,
but
low
in
the
socket.
She
heard
a
sigh,
and
saw
a
lady,
unknown
to
her,
her
head
swathed
in
a
soft
white
shawl,
her
expression
gentle
and
refined,
her
features
much
emaciated.
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