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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
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We
shall
slightly
abridge
her
statement,
in
which
she
mentions
that
when
she
left
Hinton
she
had
not
one
of
the
servants
who
came
thither
in
her
family,
which
"evinces
the
impossibility
of
a
confederacy".
Her
new,
like
her
former
servants,
were
satisfactory;
Camis,
her
new
coachman,
was
of
a
yeoman
house
of
400
years'
standing.
It
will
be
observed
that
Mrs.
Ricketts
was
a
good
deal
annoyed
even
before
2nd
April,
1771,
the
day
when
she
dates
the
beginning
of
the
worst
disturbances.
She
believed
that
the
agency
was
human--a
robber
or
a
practical
joker--and
but
slowly
and
reluctantly
became
convinced
that
the
"exploded"
notion
of
an
abnormal
force
might
be
correct.
We
learn
that
while
Captain
Jervis
was
not
informed
of
the
sounds
he
never
heard
them,
and
whereas
Mrs.
Ricketts
heard
violent
noises
after
he
went
to
bed
on
the
night
of
his
vigil,
he
heard
nothing.
"Several
instances
occurred
where
very
loud
noises
were
heard
by
one
or
two
persons,
when
those
equally
near
and
in
the
same
direction
were
not
sensible
of
the
least
impression."
{223}
With
this
preface,
Mrs.
Ricketts
may
be
allowed
to
tell
her
own
tale.
"Sometime
after
Mr.
Ricketts
left
me
(autumn,
1769)
I--then
lying
in
the
bedroom
over
the
kitchen--heard
frequently
the
noise
of
some
one
walking
in
the
room
within,
and
the
rustling
as
of
silk
clothes
against
the
door
that
opened
into
my
room,
sometimes
so
loud,
and
of
such
continuance
as
to
break
my
rest.
Instant
search
being
often
made,
we
never
could
discover
any
appearance
of
human
or
brute
being.
Repeatedly
disturbed
in
the
same
manner,
I
made
it
my
constant
practice
to
search
the
room
and
closets
within,
and
to
secure
the
only
door
on
the
inside.
.
.
.
Yet
this
precaution
did
not
preclude
the
disturbance,
which
continued
with
little
interruption."
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