was broad daylight did I quit the haunted house. Before
I did so, I revisited the little blind room in which my servant
and myself had been for a time imprisoned. I had a**
strong impression--for which I could not account--that

On page 51:

nothing in refutation of that conjecture; rather, I suggest
it as one that would seem to many persons the most
probable solution of improbable occurrences. My belief
in** my own theory remained unshaken. I returned in the
evening to the house, to bring away in a hack cab the things
I** had left there, with my poor dog's body. In this task I
was not disturbed, nor did any incident worth note befall
me, except that still, on ascending and descending the stairs,
I** heard the same footfall in advance. On leaving the house,
I went to Mr. J.'s. He was at home. I returned him the
keys, told him that my curiosity was sufficiently gratified,
and was about to relate quickly what had passed,
when he stopped me, and said, though with much politeness,
that he had no longer any interest in a mystery which
none had ever solved.

I determined at least to tell him of the two letters I
had** read, as well as of the extraordinary manner in which
they** had disappeared, and I then inquired if he thought
they** had been addressed to the woman who had died in the

Page 62, "weding-party" changed to "wedding-party": (so merry a
wedding-party)

Page 63: "sad" changed to "said" (and said, in a suppressed tone)

Page 72: "hed" changed to "had" (had ever passed his lip.)

Page 73: "woful" changed to "woeful" (woeful condition)

Page 102: "frace" change to "face" (from his face)

Page 147: "be" changed to "he" (But he kept his title?)

Page 172: "breathd" changed to "breathed" (she breathed heavily)

***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BEST GHOST STORIES***

******* This file should be named 17893.txt or 17893.zip *******

This and all associated files of various formats will be found in:
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/7/8/9/17893

Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions
will be renamed.

Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no
one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation
(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without
permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rule