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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
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On
29th
January,
1884,
Miss
Morton
spoke
to
her
inmate,
as
the
lady
in
black
stood
beside
a
sofa.
"She
only
gave
a
slight
gasp
and
moved
towards
the
door.
Just
by
the
door
I
spoke
to
her
again,
but
she
seemed
as
if
she
were
quite
unable
to
speak."
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In
May
and
June
Miss
Morton
fastened
strings
at
different
heights
from
the
stair
railings
to
the
wall,
where
she
attached
them
with
glue,
but
she
twice
saw
the
lady
pass
through
the
cords,
leaving
them
untouched.
When
Miss
Morton
cornered
the
figure
and
tried
to
touch
her,
or
pounce
on
her,
she
dodged,
or
disappeared.
But
by
a
curious
contradiction
her
steps
were
often
heard
by
several
of
the
family,
and
when
she
heard
the
steps,
Miss
Morton
used
to
go
out
and
follow
the
figure.
There
is
really
no
more
to
tell.
Miss
Morton's
father
never
saw
the
lady,
even
when
she
sat
on
a
sofa
for
half
an
hour,
Miss
Morton
watching
her.
Other
people
saw
her
in
the
garden
crying,
and
sent
messages
to
ask
what
was
the
matter,
and
who
was
the
lady
in
distress.
Many
members
of
the
family,
boys,
girls,
married
ladies,
servants
and
others
often
saw
the
lady
in
black.
In
1885
loud
noises,
bumps
and
turning
of
door
handles
were
common,
and
though
the
servants
were
told
that
the
lady
was
quite
harmless,
they
did
not
always
stay.
The
whole
establishment
of
servants
was
gradually
changed,
but
the
lady
still
walked.
She
appeared
more
seldom
in
1887-1889,
and
by
1892
even
the
light
footsteps
ceased.
Two
dogs,
a
retriever
and
a
Skye
terrier,
showed
much
alarm.
"Twice,"
says
Miss
Morton,
"I
saw
the
terrier
suddenly
run
up
to
the
mat
at
the
foot
of
the
stairs
in
the
hall,
wagging
its
tail,
and
moving
its
back
in
the
way
dogs
do
when
they
expect
to
be
caressed.
It
jumped
up,
fawning
as
it
would
do
if
a
person
had
been
standing
there,
but
suddenly
slunk
away
with
its
tail
between
its
legs,
and
retreated,
trembling,
under
a
sofa."
Miss
Morton's
own
emotion,
at
first,
was
"a
feeling
of
awe
at
something
unknown,
mixed
with
a
strong
desire
to
know
more
about
it".
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