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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
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What
Mrs.
Claughton's
children
were
doing
all
this
time,
and
whether
they
were
in
the
room
or
not,
does
not
appear.
On
Thursday
Mrs.
Claughton
went
to
town,
and
her
governess
was
perturbed,
as
we
have
seen.
On
Friday
night
Mrs.
Claughton
dreamed
a
number
of
things
connected
with
her
journey;
a
page
of
the
notes
made
from
this
dream
was
shown
to
Mr.
Myers.
Thus
her
half
ticket
was
not
to
be
taken,
she
was
to
find
a
Mr.
Francis,
concerned
in
the
private
affairs
of
the
ghosts,
which
needed
rectifying,
and
so
forth.
These
premonitions,
with
others,
were
all
fulfilled.
Mrs.
Claughton,
in
the
church
at
night,
continued
her
conversation
with
the
ghosts
whose
acquaintance
she
had
made
at
Rapingham.
She
obtained,
it
seems,
all
the
information
needful
to
settling
the
mysterious
matters
which
disturbed
the
male
ghost
who
hid
his
face,
and
on
Monday
morning
she
visited
the
daughter
of
Mr.
Howard
in
her
country
house
in
a
park,
"recognised
the
strong
likeness
to
her
father,
and
carried
out
all
things
desired
by
the
dead
to
the
full,
as
had
been
requested.
.
.
.
The
wishes
expressed
to
her
were
perfectly
rational,
reasonable
and
of
natural
importance."
The
clerk,
Wright,
attests
the
accuracy
of
Mrs.
Claughton's
description
of
Mr.
Howard,
whom
he
knew,
and
the
correspondence
of
her
dates
with
those
in
the
parish
register
and
on
the
graves,
which
he
found
for
her
at
her
request.
Mr.
Myers,
"from
a
very
partial
knowledge"
of
what
the
Meresby
ghosts'
business
was,
thinks
the
reasons
for
not
revealing
this
matter
"entirely
sufficient".
The
ghosts'
messages
to
survivors
"effected
the
intended
results,"
says
Mrs.
Claughton.
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