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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
200
Alas,
Mr.
Shchapoff
could
not
leave
well
alone.
On
20th
December,
to
amuse
a
friend,
he
asked
Maria
to
dance
and
play.
Raps,
in
tune,
began
on
the
window
panes.
Next
night
they
returned,
while
boots,
slippers,
and
other
objects,
flew
about
with
a
hissing
noise.
A
piece
of
stuff
would
fly
up
and
fall
with
a
heavy
hard
thud,
while
hard
bodies
fell
soundless
as
a
feather.
The
performances
slowly
died
away.
On
Old
Year's
Night
Maria
danced
to
please
them;
raps
began,
people
watching
on
either
side
of
a
wall
heard
the
raps
on
the
other
side.
On
8th
January,
Mrs.
Shchapoff
fainted
when
a
large,
luminous
ball
floated,
increasing
in
size,
from
under
her
bed.
The
raps
now
followed
her
about
by
day,
as
in
the
case
of
John
Wesley's
sisters.
On
these
occasions
she
felt
weak
and
somnolent.
Finally
Mr.
Shchapoff
carried
his
family
to
his
town
house
for
much-needed
change
of
air.
Science,
in
the
form
of
Dr.
Shustoff,
now
hinted
that
electricity
or
magnetic
force
was
at
the
bottom
of
the
annoyances,
a
great
comfort
to
the
household,
who
conceived
that
the
devil
was
concerned.
The
doctor
accompanied
his
friends
to
their
country
house
for
a
night,
Maria
was
invited
to
oblige
with
a
dance,
and
only
a
few
taps
on
windows
followed.
The
family
returned
to
town
till
21st
January.
No
sooner
was
Mrs.
Shchapoff
in
bed
than
knives
and
forks
came
out
of
a
closed
cupboard
and
flew
about,
occasionally
sticking
in
the
walls.
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