Surely there must be something terrible to cause you all to arouse us in this way." "I'll tell you as well as I can," said the housekeeper, "but I can hardly bear to think about it.

Twas about one o'clock, and we were all very busy, when we heard a noise in the corridor outside the door.
Naturally we turned to look, when the door opened and something entered." "Well, what?
Some servant walking in her sleep ?" "No, sir," said Mrs.Richards in awful tones.

"It looked like a woman, very tall, and she had a long white shroud around her, and on it were spots of blood.

In her hand she carried a long knife, which was also covered with blood, while the hand which held it was red.

She came closer to us," she went on with a shudder, "and then stopped, lifting the terrible knife in the air.