A Book of Ghosts

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Baring-Gould Sabine. A Book of Ghosts

PREFACE

JEAN BOUCHON

POMPS AND VANITIES

McALISTER

THE LEADEN RING

THE MOTHER OF PANSIES

THE RED-HAIRED GIRL

A PROFESSIONAL SECRET

H. P

GLÁMR

COLONEL HALIFAX'S GHOST STORY

THE MEREWIGS

THE "BOLD VENTURE"

MUSTAPHA

LITTLE JOE GANDER

A DEAD FINGER

BLACK RAM

A HAPPY RELEASE

THE 9.30 UP-TRAIN

ON THE LEADS

AUNT JOANNA

THE WHITE FLAG

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I was in Orléans a good many years ago. At the time it was my purpose to write a life of Joan of Arc, and I considered it advisable to visit the scenes of her exploits, so as to be able to give to my narrative some local colour.

But I did not find Orléans answer to my expectations. It is a dull town, very modern in appearance, but with that measly and decrepit look which is so general in French towns. There was a Place Jeanne d'Arc, with an equestrian statue of her in the midst, flourishing a banner. There was the house that the Maid had occupied after the taking of the city, but, with the exception of the walls and rafters, it had undergone so much alteration and modernisation as to have lost its interest. A museum of memorials of la Pucelle had been formed, but possessed no genuine relics, only arms and tapestries of a later date.

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Betty thought well to explain: "I don't know what it is, but I feel somewhat out of spirits and nervous, and am afraid of being left alone, lest something should happen."

"Happen, miss! If you are not feeling well, would it not be as well to stay at home?"

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