Madam Crowl's Ghost and the Dead Sexton
Madam Crowl's Ghost and the Dead Sexton
Book Excerpt
rt up, for I was growin' feared in that big room.
"And at last up I got, and began walkin' about the room, lookin' at this and peepin' at that, to amuse my mind, ye'll understand. And at last what sud I do but peeps into Madam Crowl's bedchamber.
"A grand chamber it was, wi' a great four-poster, wi' flowered silk curtains as tall as the ceilin', and foldin' down on the floor, and drawn close all round. There was a lookin'-glass, the biggest I ever sid before, and the room was a blaze o' light. I counted twenty-two wax candles, all alight. Such was her fancy, and no one dared say her nay.
"I listened at the door, and gaped and wondered all round. When I heard there was not a breath, and did not see so much as a stir in the curtains, I took heart, and walked into the room on tiptoe, and looked round again. Then I takes a keek at myself in the big glass; and at last it came in my head, 'Why couldn't I ha' a keek at the ald lady herself in the bed?
"Ye'd think me a fule if ye knew half how I longed to
FREE EBOOKS AND DEALS
(view all)Popular books in Horror, Ghost Stories, Fiction and Literature
Readers reviews
4.0
LoginSign up
I won't necessarily call it ghost stories but it was interesting enough.
- Upvote (0)
- Downvote (0)
Popular questions
(view all)Books added this week
(view all)
No books found