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The Ghost’s Walk

           Shenevercomplainedofthechange;sheneverspoketoanyoneofbeingcrippledorofbeinginpain,butdaybydayshetriedtowalkupontheterrace,andwiththehelpofthestonebalustrade,wentupanddown,upanddown,upanddown,insunandshadow,withgreaterdifficultyeveryday.Atlast,oneafternoonherhusband(towhomshehadnever,onanypersuasion,openedherlipssincethatnight),standingatthegreatsouthwindow,sawherdropuponthepavement.Hehasteneddowntoraiseher,butsherepulsedhimashebentoverher,andlookingathimfixedlyandcoldly,said,’IwilldieherewhereIhavewalked.AndIwillwalkhere,thoughIaminmygrave.Iwillwalkhereuntiltheprideofthishouseishumbled.Andwhencalamityorwhendisgraceiscomingtoit,lettheDedlockslistenformystep!’"WattlooksatRosa.Rosainthedeepeninggloomlooksdownupontheground,halffrightenedandhalfshy."Thereandthenshedied.Andfromthosedays,"saysMrs.Rouncewell,"thenamehascomedowntheGhost’sWalk.Ifthetreadisanecho,itisanechothatisonlyheardafterdark,andisoftenunheardforalongwhiletogether.Butitcomesbackfromtimetotime;andsosureasthereissicknessordeathinthefamily,itwillbeheardthen.""Anddisgrace,grandmother"saysWatt."DisgracenevercomestoChesneyWold,"returnsthehousekeeper.Hergrandsonapologizeswith"True.True.""Thatisthestory.Whateverthesoundis,itisaworryingsound,"saysMrs.Rouncewell,gettingupfromherchair;"andwhatistobenoticedinitisthatitMUSTBEHEARD

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