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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
95
"A
week
after
this
event,
news
of
this
very
friend's
death
reached
me.
It
occurred
on
the
morning
in
question.
From
the
family
I
learned
that
according
to
the
rites
of
the
Greek
Church
and
the
custom
of
the
country
he
resided
in,
he
was
buried
in
his
evening
clothes
made
abroad
by
a
foreign
tailor,
and
strange
to
say,
he
wore
goloshes
over
his
boots,
according
also
to
the
custom
of
the
country
he
died
in.
.
.
.
When
in
England,
he
lived
in
Tavistock
Place,
and
occupied
my
rooms
during
my
absence."
{95a}
THE
WYNYARD
WRAITH
{95b}
"In
the
month
of
November
(1785
or
1786),
Sir
John
Sherbrooke
and
Colonel
Wynyard
were
sitting
before
dinner
in
their
barrack
room
at
Sydney
Cove,
in
America.
It
was
duskish,
and
a
candle
was
placed
on
a
table
at
a
little
distance.
A
figure
dressed
in
plain
clothes
and
a
good
round
hat,
passed
gently
between
the
above
people
and
the
fire.
While
passing,
Sir
J.
Sherbrooke
exclaimed,
'God
bless
my
soul,
who's
that?'
"Almost
at
the
same
moment
Colonel
W.
said,
'That's
my
brother
John
Wynyard,
and
I
am
sure
he
is
dead'.
Colonel
W.
was
much
agitated,
and
cried
and
sobbed
a
great
deal.
Sir
John
said,
'The
fellow
has
a
devilish
good
hat;
I
wish
I
had
it'.
(Hats
were
not
to
be
got
there
and
theirs
were
worn
out.)
They
immediately
got
up
(Sir
John
was
on
crutches,
having
broken
his
leg),
took
a
candle
and
went
into
the
bedroom,
into
which
the
figure
had
entered.
They
searched
the
bed
and
every
corner
of
the
room
to
no
effect;
the
windows
were
fastened
up
with
mortar.
.
.
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