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ghosts in The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

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1886
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Victoria
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ghosts in The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

he waltz mingled with their merry laughter. "Looks like a haunted house," said Brian, thinking of Poe's weird poem; "but such a thing is impossible out here." "I don't know so much about that," said Madge, gravely, lifting up some water in the palm of her hand, and letting it stream back like diamo…

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1,886
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Record ID
2801
Source
Project Gutenberg
Publication
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab; Fergus Hume
Published
1886 public-domain Melbourne fiction; Project Gutenberg transcription
Narrative type
Retellings and Adaptations
Public-text label
ghosts
Archive period
Gold Rush Colonial
Location
Melbourne, VIC (VIC): B
State or territory
VIC
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he waltz mingled with their merry laughter. "Looks like a haunted house," said Brian, thinking of Poe's weird poem; "but such a thing is impossible out here." "I don't know so much about that," said Madge, gravely, lifting up some water in the palm of her hand, and letting it stream back like diamonds in the moonlight. "I knew a house in St. Kilda which was haunted." "By what?" asked Brian, sceptically. "Noises!" she answered, solemnly. Brian burst out laughing and startled a bat, which flew round and round in the silver moonlight, and whirred away into the shelter of a witch elm. "Rats and mice are more common here than ghosts,".

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