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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
197
This
is
a
pretty
tame
case
of
haunting,
as
was
conjectured,
by
an
unhappy
revenant,
the
returned
spirit
of
the
second
Mrs.
S.
Here
it
may
be
remarked
that
apparitions
in
haunted
houses
are
very
seldom
recognised
as
those
of
dead
persons,
and,
when
recognised,
the
recognition
is
usually
dubious.
Thus,
in
February,
1897,
Lieutenant
Carr
Glyn,
of
the
Grenadiers,
while
reading
in
the
outer
room
of
the
Queen's
Library
in
Windsor,
saw
a
lady
in
black
in
a
kind
of
mantilla
of
black
lace
pass
from
the
inner
room
into
a
corner
where
she
was
lost
to
view.
He
supposed
that
she
had
gone
out
by
a
door
there,
and
asked
an
attendant
later
who
she
was.
There
was
no
door
round
the
corner,
and,
in
the
opinion
of
some,
the
lady
was
Queen
Elizabeth!
She
has
a
traditional
habit,
it
seems,
of
haunting
the
Library.
But
surely,
of
all
people,
in
dress
and
aspect
Queen
Elizabeth
is
most
easily
recognised.
The
seer
did
not
recognise
her,
and
she
was
probably
a
mere
casual
hallucination.
In
old
houses
such
traditions
are
common,
but
vague.
In
this
connection
Glamis
is
usually
mentioned.
Every
one
has
heard
of
the
Secret
Chamber,
with
its
mystery,
and
the
story
was
known
to
Scott,
who
introduces
it
in
The
Betrothed.
But
we
know
when
the
Secret
Chamber
was
built
(under
the
Restoration),
who
built
it,
what
he
paid
the
masons,
and
where
it
is:
under
the
Charter
Room.
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These
cold
facts
rather
take
the
"weird"
effect
off
the
Glamis
legend.
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