More Ghost Stories (Ghost Stories of an Antiquary #2)
M.R. James
"Not much _thinking_ in the case, I'm afraid. Yes, it was something I saw. You remember when you called the first time at the library?"
"Yes, of course. Well, now, let me beg you not to try to describe it -- it will not be good for you to recall it, I'm sure."
"But indeed it would be a relief to me to tell anyone like yourself: you might be able to explain it away. It was just when I was going into the class where your book is --"
"Indeed, Mr. Garrett, I insist; besides, my watch tells me I have but very little time left in which to get my things together and take the train. No -- not another word -- it would be more distressing to you than you imagine, perhaps. Now there is just one thing I want to say. I feel that I am really indirectly responsible for this illness of yours, and I think I ought to defray the expense which it has -- eh?"
*Includes "A School Story," "The Rose Garden," "The Tractate Middoth," "Casting the Runes~," "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral," "Martin's Close," and "Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance."
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