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The Ghost’s Walk

           Rouncewellmighthavebeensufficientlyassuredbyhearingtherain,butthatsheisratherdeaf,whichnothingwillinducehertobelieve.Sheisafineoldlady,handsome,stately,wonderfullyneat,andhassuchabackandsuchastomacherthatifherstaysshouldturnoutwhenshediestohavebeenabroadold-fashionedfamilyfire-grate,nobodywhoknowsherwouldhavecausetobesurprised.WeatheraffectsMrs.Rouncewelllittle.Thehouseisthereinallweathers,andthehouse,assheexpressesit,"iswhatshelooksat."Shesitsinherroom(inasidepassageonthegroundfloor,withanarchedwindowcommandingasmoothquadrangle,adornedatregularintervalswithsmoothroundtreesandsmoothroundblocksofstone,asifthetreesweregoingtoplayatbowlswiththestones),andthewholehousereposesonhermind.Shecanopenitonoccasionandbebusyandfluttered,butitisshutupnowandliesonthebreadthofMrs.Rouncewell’siron-boundbosominamajesticsleep.ItisthenextdifficultthingtoanimpossibilitytoimagineChesneyWoldwithoutMrs.Rouncewell,butshehasonlybeenherefiftyyears.Askherhowlong,thisrainyday,andsheshallanswer"fiftyyear,threemonths,andafortnight,bytheblessingofheaven,ifIlivetillTuesday."Mr.Rouncewelldiedsometimebeforethedeceaseoftheprettyfashionofpig-tails,andmodestlyhidhisown(ifhetookitwithhim)inacornerofthechurchyardintheparknearthemouldyporch.Hewasborninthemarket-town,andsowashisyoungwidow.

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