The trouble with Harrowby Hall was that it was haunted, and, what was worse, the ghost did not content itself with merely appearing at the bedside of the afflicted person who saw it, but persisted in remaining there for one mortal hour before it would disappear. It never appeared except on Christmas Eve, and then as the clock was striking twelve, in which respect alone was it lacking in that originality which in these days is a sine qua non of success in spectral life. The owners of Harrowby Hall had done their utmost to rid themselves of the damp and dewy lady who rose up out of the best bedroom floor at midnight, but without avail. They had tried stopping the clock, so that the ghost would not know when it was midnight; but she made her appearance just the same, with that fearful miasmatic personality of hers, and there she would stand until everything about her was thoroughly saturated.
- ISBN10 1290434174
- ISBN13 9781290434171
- Publish Date 10 January 2012 (first published 6 August 2003)
- Publish Status Withdrawn
- Publish Country IE
- Publisher HardPress Ltd
- Imprint HardPress Publishing
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 310
- Language English