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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
184
Of
course
this
looks
as
if
these
noises
were
unreal,
children
of
the
imagination.
Noises
being
the
staple
of
haunted
houses,
a
few
words
may
be
devoted
to
them.
They
are
usually
the
frou-frou
or
rustling
sweep
of
a
gown,
footsteps,
raps,
thumps,
groans,
a
sound
as
if
all
the
heavy
furniture
was
being
knocked
about,
crashing
of
crockery
and
jingling
of
money.
Of
course,
as
to
footsteps,
people
may
be
walking
about,
and
most
of
the
other
noises
are
either
easily
imitated,
or
easily
produced
by
rats,
water
pipes,
cracks
in
furniture
(which
the
Aztecs
thought
ominous
of
death),
and
other
natural
causes.
The
explanation
is
rather
more
difficult
when
the
steps
pace
a
gallery,
passing
and
repassing
among
curious
inquirers,
or
in
this
instance.
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