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Chapter 56

           Itdidnotchangethecharacteroftheapparition.Ifhehadrubbedthemfourscoretimes,hewouldhaveseenthesame—ahorsemanwithoutahead.

           Thisverysighthesaw,beyondthepossibilityofdisbelieving—sawthehorseadvancingalongthelevellineinaslowbutsteadypace—withoutfootfall—withoutsoundofanykind—asifglidingratherthanwalking—liketheshiftingsceneofacosmorama!

           Notforamereinstanthadhetheopportunityofobservingthespectralapparition;butaperiodlongenoughtoenablehimtonoteeverydetail—longenoughtosatisfyhimthatitcouldbenoillusionoftheeye,orinanywayadeceptionofhissenses.

           Nordiditvanishabruptlyfromhisview;butslowlyandgradually:firsttheheadofthehorse;thentheneckandshoulders;thentheshape,halfghastly,halfgrotesque,oftherider;thenthehind-quartersoftheanimal;thehips;andlastofallthelongtaperingtail!

           "Geehosophat!"

           ItwasnotsurpriseatthedisappearanceoftheheadlesshorsemanthatextortedthisexclamationfromthelipsofZebStump.Therewasnothingstrangeaboutthis.Thespectaclehadsimplypassedbehindtheproscenium—representedbythetopeoftreetopsrisingabovethebluff.

           "Geehosophat!"

           Twicedidthebackwoodsmangiveutterancetothis,hisfavouriteexpressionofsurprise;bothtimeswithanemphasisthattoldofanunlimitedastonishment.

           Hislooksbetrayedit.

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