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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
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Andrew Lang
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"I
never
noticed;
I
don't
remember.
'Psychically,'
as
you
superstitious
muffs
call
it,
Bolter
was
still
more
queer.
At
that
time
we
were
all
gone
on
spirit-rapping.
Bolter
turned
out
a
great
acquisition,
'medium,'
or
what
not.
Mind
you,
I'm
not
saying
Bolter
was
straight.
In
the
dark
he'd
tell
you
what
you
had
in
your
hand,
exact
time
of
your
watch,
and
so
on.
I
didn't
take
stock
in
this,
and
one
night
brought
some
photographs
with
me,
and
asked
for
a
description
of
them.
This
he
gave
correctly,
winding
up
by
saying,
'The
one
nearest
your
body
is
that
of
---'"
Here
my
friend
named
a
person
well
known
to
both
of
us,
whose
name
I
prefer
not
to
introduce
here.
This
person,
I
may
add,
had
never
been
in
or
near
the
island,
and
was
totally
unknown
to
Bolter.
"Of
course,"
my
friend
went
on,
"the
photographs
were
all
the
time
inside
my
pocket.
Now,
really,
Bolter
had
some
mystic
power
of
seeing
in
the
dark."
"Hyperaesthesia!"
said
I.
"Hypercriticism!"
said
the
Beach-comber.
"What
happened
next
might
be
hyperaesthesia--I
suppose
you
mean
abnormal
intensity
of
the
senses--but
how
could
hyperaesthesia
see
through
a
tweed
coat
and
lining?"
"Well,
what
happened
next?"
"Bolter's
firm
used
to
get
sheep
by
every
mail
from
---,
and
send
them
regularly
to
their
station,
six
miles
off.
One
time
they
landed
late
in
the
afternoon,
and
yet
were
foolishly
sent
off,
Bolter
in
charge.
I
said
at
the
time
he
would
lose
half
the
lot,
as
it
would
be
dark
long
before
he
could
reach
the
station.
He
didn't
lose
them!
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