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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
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Similar
evidence
was
given
and
signed
by
Miss
Maddox,
the
schoolmistress,
and
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Lea.
On
the
other
hand
Mrs.
Hampson
and
Priscilla
believed
that
Emma
managed
the
fire-raising
herself.
The
flames
were
"very
high
and
white,
and
the
articles
were
very
little
singed".
This
occurred
also
at
Rerrick,
in
1696,
but
Mr.
Hughes
attributes
it
to
Emma's
use
of
paraffin,
which
does
not
apply
to
the
Rerrick
case.
Paraffin
smells
a
good
deal--nothing
is
said
about
a
smell
of
paraffin.
Only
one
thing
is
certain:
Emma
was
at
last
caught
in
a
cheat.
This
discredits
her,
but
a
man
who
cheats
at
cards
may
hold
a
good
hand
by
accident.
In
the
same
way,
if
such
wonders
can
happen
(as
so
much
world-wide
evidence
declares),
they
may
have
happened
at
Woods
Farm,
and
Emma,
"in
a
very
nervous
state,"
may
have
feigned
then,
or
rather
did
feign
them
later.
The
question
for
the
medical
faculty
is:
Does
a
decided
taste
for
wilful
fire-raising
often
accompany
exhibitions
of
dancing
furniture
and
crockery,
gratuitously
given
by
patients
of
hysterical
temperament?
This
is
quite
a
normal
inquiry.
Is
there
a
nervous
malady
of
which
the
symptoms
are
domestic
arson,
and
amateur
leger-de-
main?
The
complaint,
if
it
exists,
is
of
very
old
standing
and
wide
prevalence,
including
Russia,
Scotland,
New
England,
France,
Iceland,
Germany,
China
and
Peru.
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