How very horrid, and singular!' 'But, as I said, we don't speak of it much.' 'No.

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no.' When the Hussar was gone, a young lady, disclosing a long-suppressed interest, asked if the ghost had been seen by any of the town.
The lawyer's son, who always had the latest borough news, said that, though it was seldom seen by any one but the Hussars themselves, more than one townsman and woman had already set eyes on it, to his or her terror.

The phantom mostly appeared very late at night, under the dense trees of the town-avenue nearest the barracks.