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GHOSTWATCH

                                             October 7, 2007

On a ghost-watch:

    "Emily heard the passing steps of the
    sentinels, on the rampart, as they changed
    guard; and, when all was again silent, she
    took her station at the casement, leaving her
    lamp in a remote part of the chamber, that she
    might escape notice from without.  The moon
    gave a faint and uncertain light, for heavy
    vapours surrounded it, and, often rolling over
    the disk, left the scene below in total
    darkness.  It was in one of these moments of
    obscurity, that she observed a small and
    lambent flame, moving at some distance on the
    terrace.  While she gazed, it disappeared,
    and, the moon again emerging from the lurid
    and heavy thunder clouds, she turned her
    attention to the heavens, where the vivid
    lightnings darted from cloud to cloud, and
    flashed silently on the woods below.  She
    loved to catch, in the momentary gleam, the
    gloomy landscape.  Sometimes, a cloud opened
    its light upon a distant mountain, and, while
    the sudden splendour illumined all its
    recesses of rock and wood, the rest of the
    scene remained in deep shadow; at others,
    partial features of the castle were revealed
    by the glimpse--the antient arch leading to
    the east rampart, the turret above, or the
    fortifications beyond; and then, perhaps, the
    whole edifice with all its towers, its dark
    massy walls and pointed casements would
    appear, and vanish in an instant."


            Section III, Chapter IV


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