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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
79
THE
VISION
AND
THE
PORTRAIT
Mrs.
M.
writes
(December
15,
1891)
that
before
her
vision
she
had
heard
nothing
about
hauntings
in
the
house
occupied
by
herself
and
her
husband,
and
nothing
about
the
family
sorrows
of
her
predecessors
there.
"One
night,
on
retiring
to
my
bedroom
about
11
o'clock,
I
thought
I
heard
a
peculiar
moaning
sound,
and
some
one
sobbing
as
if
in
great
distress
of
mind.
I
listened
very
attentively,
and
still
it
continued;
so
I
raised
the
gas
in
my
bedroom,
and
then
went
to
the
window
on
the
landing,
drew
the
blind
aside,
and
there
on
the
grass
was
a
very
beautiful
young
girl
in
a
kneeling
posture,
before
a
soldier
in
a
general's
uniform,
sobbing
and
clasping
her
hands
together,
entreating
for
pardon,
but
alas!
he
only
waved
her
away
from
him.
So
much
did
I
feel
for
the
girl
that
I
ran
down
the
staircase
to
the
door
opening
upon
the
lawn,
and
begged
her
to
come
in
and
tell
me
her
sorrow.
The
figures
then
disappeared
gradually,
as
in
a
dissolving
view.
Not
in
the
least
nervous
did
I
feel
then;
went
again
to
my
bedroom,
took
a
sheet
of
writing-paper,
and
wrote
down
what
I
had
seen."
{77}
Mrs.
M.,
whose
husband
was
absent,
began
to
feel
nervous,
and
went
to
another
lady's
room.
She
later
heard
of
an
old
disgrace
to
the
youngest
daughter
of
the
proud
family,
her
predecessors
in
the
house.
The
poor
girl
tried
in
vain
to
win
forgiveness,
especially
from
a
near
relative,
a
soldier,
Sir
X.
Y.
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