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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
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The
usual
process
is,
given
an
old
house,
first
a
noise,
then
a
hallucination,
actual
or
pretended,
then
a
myth
to
account
for
the
hallucination.
There
is
a
castle
on
the
border
which
has
at
least
seven
or
eight
distinct
ghosts.
One
is
the
famous
Radiant
Boy.
He
has
been
evicted
by
turning
his
tapestried
chamber
into
the
smoking-
room.
For
many
years
not
one
ghost
has
been
seen
except
the
lady
with
the
candle,
viewed
by
myself,
but,
being
ignorant
of
the
story,
I
thought
she
was
one
of
the
maids.
Perhaps
she
was,
but
she
went
into
an
empty
set
of
rooms,
and
did
not
come
out
again.
Footsteps
are
apt
to
approach
the
doors
of
these
rooms
in
mirk
midnight,
the
door
handle
turns,
and
that
is
all.
So
much
for
supposed
hauntings
by
spirits
of
the
dead.
At
the
opposite
pole
are
hauntings
by
agencies
whom
nobody
supposes
to
be
ghosts
of
inmates
of
the
house.
The
following
is
an
extreme
example,
as
the
haunter
proceeded
to
arson.
This
is
not
so
very
unusual,
and,
if
managed
by
an
impostor,
shows
insane
malevolence.
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