ghost in At Midnight and Other Stories
er happy girlhood is so intensely interesting to her. And I should like to show you the church and the improvements I have made. You will find things looking very different from what they were in poor old Balcombe's time." The visitors pleaded the pressing nature of their business with the squire's…
- Record ID
- 2,247
- Year
- 1,897
- Source
- Project Gutenberg Australia
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 2247
- Source
- Project Gutenberg Australia
- Publication
- At Midnight and Other Stories; Ada Cambridge
- Published
- 1897
- Narrative type
- Ghost and Apparition Accounts
- Public-text label
- ghost
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Domain Public Web
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er happy girlhood is so intensely interesting to her. And I should like to show you the church and the improvements I have made. You will find things looking very different from what they were in poor old Balcombe's time." The visitors pleaded the pressing nature of their business with the squire's agent, which turned the conversation upon the burglars, the ghost, and contingent matters, delaying their departure for another half-hour. But engagements were entered into for an exchange of hospitalities when convenient, while the rector walked with them to his garden gate, gathering flowers for Nettie by the way; and before.
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