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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
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Andrew Lang
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"One
morning
after
the
middle
of
winter
the
good-wife
went
out
to
the
byre
to
milk
the
cows.
It
was
broad
daylight
by
this
time,
for
no
one
ventured
to
be
outside
earlier
than
that,
except
the
cattleman,
who
always
went
out
when
it
began
to
grow
clear.
She
heard
a
great
noise
and
fearful
bellowing
in
the
byre,
and
ran
into
the
house
again,
crying
out
and
saying
that
some
awful
thing
was
going
on
there.
Thorhall
went
out
to
the
cattle
and
found
them
goring
each
other
with
their
horns.
To
get
out
of
their
way,
he
went
through
into
the
barn,
and
in
doing
this
he
saw
the
cattleman
lying
on
his
back
with
his
head
in
one
stall
and
his
feet
in
another.
He
went
up
to
him
and
felt
him
and
soon
found
that
he
was
dead,
with
his
back
broken
over
the
upright
stone
between
two
of
the
stalls.
"The
yeoman
thought
it
high
time
to
leave
the
place
now,
and
fled
from
his
farm
with
all
that
he
could
remove.
All
the
live-stock
that
he
left
behind
was
killed
by
Glam,
who
then
went
through
the
whole
glen
and
laid
waste
all
the
farms
up
from
Tongue.
"Thorhall
spent
the
rest
of
the
winter
with
various
friends.
No
one
could
go
up
into
the
glen
with
horse
or
dog,
for
these
were
killed
at
once;
but
when
spring
came
again
and
the
days
began
to
lengthen,
Glam's
walkings
grew
less
frequent,
and
Thorhall
determined
to
return
to
his
homestead.
He
had
difficulty
in
getting
servants,
but
managed
to
set
up
his
home
again
at
Thorhall-stead.
Things
went
just
as
before.
When
autumn
came,
the
hauntings
began
again,
and
now
it
was
the
yeoman's
daughter
who
was
most
assailed,
till
in
the
end
she
died
of
fright.
Many
plans
were
tried,
but
all
to
no
effect,
and
it
seemed
as
if
all
Water-dale
would
be
laid
waste
unless
some
remedy
could
be
found.
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