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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
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Andrew Lang
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"On
the
evening
of
the
13th
of
May
(as
far
as
I
recollect)
no
account
of
Mr.
Perceval's
death
was
in
the
newspapers,
but
my
second
son,
returning
from
Truro,
came
in
a
hurried
manner
into
the
room
where
I
was
sitting
and
exclaimed:
'O
father,
your
dream
has
come
true!
Mr.
Perceval
has
been
shot
in
the
lobby
of
the
House
of
Commons;
there
is
an
account
come
from
London
to
Truro
written
after
the
newspapers
were
printed.'
"The
fact
was
Mr.
Percival
was
assassinated
on
the
evening
of
the
11th.
"Some
business
soon
after
called
me
to
London,
and
in
one
of
the
print-shops
I
saw
a
drawing
for
sale,
representing
the
place
and
the
circumstances
which
attended
Mr.
Perceval's
death.
I
purchased
it,
and
upon
a
careful
examination
I
found
it
to
coincide
in
all
respects
with
the
scene
which
had
passed
through
my
imagination
in
the
dream.
The
colours
of
the
dresses,
the
buttons
of
the
assassin's
coat,
the
white
waistcoat
of
Mr.
Perceval,
the
spot
of
blood
upon
it,
the
countenances
and
attitudes
of
the
parties
present
were
exactly
what
I
had
dreamed.
"The
singularity
of
the
case,
when
mentioned
among
my
friends
and
acquaintances,
naturally
made
it
the
subject
of
conversation
in
London,
and
in
consequence
my
friend,
the
late
Mr.
Rennie,
was
requested
by
some
of
the
commissioners
of
the
navy
that
they
might
be
permitted
to
hear
the
circumstances
from
myself.
Two
of
them
accordingly
met
me
at
Mr.
Rennie's
house,
and
to
them
I
detailed
at
the
time
the
particulars,
then
fresh
in
my
memory,
which
form
the
subject
of
the
above
statement.
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