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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
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"PUT
OUT
THE
LIGHT!"
The
Rev.
D.
W.
G.
Gwynne,
M.D.,
was
a
physician
in
holy
orders.
In
1853
he
lived
at
P---
House,
near
Taunton,
where
both
he
and
his
wife
"were
made
uncomfortable
by
auditory
experiences
to
which
they
could
find
no
clue,"
or,
in
common
English,
they
heard
mysterious
noises.
"During
the
night,"
writes
Dr.
Gwynne,
"I
became
aware
of
a
draped
figure
passing
across
the
foot
of
the
bed
towards
the
fireplace.
I
had
the
impression
that
the
arm
was
raised,
pointing
with
the
hand
towards
the
mantel-piece
on
which
a
night-light
was
burning.
Mrs.
Gwynne
at
the
same
moment
seized
my
arm,
and
the
light
was
extinguished!
Notwithstanding,
I
distinctly
saw
the
figure
returning
towards
the
door,
and
being
under
the
impression
that
one
of
the
servants
had
found
her
way
into
our
room,
I
leaped
out
of
bed
to
intercept
the
intruder,
but
found
and
saw
nothing.
I
rushed
to
the
door
and
endeavoured
to
follow
the
supposed
intruder,
and
it
was
not
until
I
found
the
door
locked,
as
usual,
that
I
was
painfully
impressed.
I
need
hardly
say
that
Mrs.
Gwynne
was
in
a
very
nervous
state.
She
asked
me
what
I
had
seen,
and
I
told
her.
She
had
seen
the
same
figure,"
"but,"
writes
Mrs.
Gwynne,
"I
distinctly
saw
the
hand
of
the
figure
placed
over
the
night-light,
which
was
at
once
extinguished".
"Mrs.
Gwynne
also
heard
the
rustle
of
the
'tall
man-
like
figure's'
garments.
In
addition
to
the
night-light
there
was
moonlight
in
the
room."
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