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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
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Andrew Lang
239
"The
previous
evening
he
challenged
me
twice
to
come
out
into
the
darkness
to
him,
and
this
in
an
angry
voice,
saying
that
he
would
tear
me
limb
from
limb.
I
went
out
and
told
him
to
come
on,
but
nothing
happened.
When
I
went
back
to
my
place
and
asked
him
why
he
had
not
fulfilled
his
promise,
he
said,
'I
had
no
orders
for
it
from
my
master'.
He
asked
us
whether
we
had
ever
heard
the
like
before,
and
when
we
said
'Yes,'
he
answered,
'That
is
not
true:
the
like
has
never
been
heard
at
any
time'.
He
had
sung
'The
memory
of
Jesus'
after
I
arrived
there,
and
talked
frequently
while
the
word
of
God
was
being
read.
He
said
that
he
did
not
mind
this,
but
that
he
did
not
like
the
'Cross-school
Psalms,'
and
said
it
must
have
been
a
great
idiot
who
composed
them.
This
enemy
came
like
a
devil,
departed
as
such,
and
behaved
himself
as
such
while
he
was
present,
nor
would
it
befit
any
one
but
the
devil
to
declare
all
that
he
said.
At
the
same
time
it
must
be
added
that
I
am
not
quite
convinced
that
it
was
a
spirit,
but
my
opinions
on
this
I
cannot
give
here
for
lack
of
time."
In
another
work
{249}
where
the
sheriff's
letter
is
given
with
some
variations
and
additions,
an
attempt
is
made
to
explain
the
story.
The
phenomena
were
said
to
have
been
caused
by
a
young
man
who
had
learned
ventriloquism
abroad.
Even
if
this
art
could
have
been
practised
so
successfully
as
to
puzzle
the
sheriff
and
others,
it
could
hardly
have
taken
the
door
off
its
hinges
and
thrown
it
into
the
room.
It
is
curious
that
while
Jon
Espolin
in
his
Annals
entirely
discredits
the
sheriff's
letter,
he
yet
gives
a
very
similar
account
of
the
spirit's
proceedings.
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