haunted in Human Repetends
nce join the deceased was in reality of little value (for I was compelled to admit that I had never seen the woman before in my life, and that my glimpse of her companion was but momentary), the supposition was treated with contempt and the 'case' dismissed from the memory of the public. "It did no…
- Record ID
- 2,262
- Year
- 1,872
- Source
- Project Gutenberg Australia
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 2262
- Source
- Project Gutenberg Australia
- Publication
- Human Repetends; Marcus Clarke
- Published
- 1872
- Narrative type
- Spirit-Person Narratives
- Public-text label
- haunted
- Archive period
- Gold Rush Colonial
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
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- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Domain Public Web
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nce join the deceased was in reality of little value (for I was compelled to admit that I had never seen the woman before in my life, and that my glimpse of her companion was but momentary), the supposition was treated with contempt and the 'case' dismissed from the memory of the public. "It did not fade so easily from my mind. To speak truth, indeed, I was haunted by the hideous thing which I had been sent to 'view' upon the coarse table of that wretched dead-house which then disgraced our city. The obscene and cruel fate of the unhappy woman whose portrait had so long looked down upon me filled me not only with horror, but with.
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