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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
178
Beyond
this
point
we
have
only
the
statements
of
Mrs.
Claughton,
made
to
Lord
Bute,
Mr.
Myers
and
others,
and
published
by
the
Society
for
Psychical
Research.
She
says
that
after
arranging
the
alarm
bell
on
Monday
night
(October
9-10)
she
fell
asleep
reading
in
her
dressing-
gown,
lying
outside
her
bed.
She
wakened,
and
found
the
lady
of
the
white
shawl
bending
over
her.
Mrs.
Claughton
said:
"Am
I
dreaming,
or
is
it
true?"
The
figure
gave,
as
testimony
to
character,
a
piece
of
information.
Next
Mrs.
Claughton
saw
a
male
ghost,
"tall,
dark,
healthy,
sixty
years
old,"
who
named
himself
as
George
Howard,
buried
in
Meresby
churchyard,
Meresby
being
a
place
of
which
Mrs.
Claughton,
like
most
people,
now
heard
for
the
first
time.
He
gave
the
dates
of
his
marriage
and
death,
which
are
correct,
and
have
been
seen
by
Mr.
Myers
in
Mrs.
Claughton's
note-book.
He
bade
her
verify
these
dates
at
Meresby,
and
wait
at
1.15
in
the
morning
at
the
grave
of
Richard
Harte
(a
person,
like
all
of
them,
unknown
to
Mrs.
Claughton)
at
the
south-west
corner
of
the
south
aisle
in
Meresby
Church.
This
Mr.
Harte
died
on
15th
May,
1745,
and
missed
many
events
of
interest
by
doing
so.
Mr.
Howard
also
named
and
described
Joseph
Wright,
of
Meresby,
as
a
man
who
would
help
her,
and
he
gave
minute
local
information.
Next
came
a
phantom
of
a
man
whose
name
Mrs.
Claughton
is
not
free
to
give;
{182}
he
seemed
to
be
in
great
trouble,
at
first
covering
his
face
with
his
hands,
but
later
removing
them.
These
three
spectres
were
to
meet
Mrs.
Claughton
in
Meresby
Church
and
give
her
information
of
importance
on
a
matter
concerning,
apparently,
the
third
and
only
unhappy
appearance.
After
these
promises
and
injunctions
the
phantoms
left,
and
Mrs.
Claughton
went
to
the
door
to
look
at
the
clock.
Feeling
faint,
she
rang
the
alarum,
when
her
friends
came
and
found
her
in
a
swoon
on
the
floor.
The
hour
was
1.20.
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