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COLONEL HALIFAX'S GHOST STORY I had just come back to England, after having been some years in India, and was looking forward to meet my friends, among whom there was none I was more anxious to see than Sir Francis Lynton. ORGOL HALIFAX'S GHOST STORY I HAD JUST COME BACK TO ENGLAND AFTER HAVING BEEN SOME YEARS IN INDIA AND WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO MEET MY FRIENDS AMONG WHOM THERE WAS NONE I WAS MORE ANXIOUS TO SEE THAN SIR FRANCIS LYNTON
 that for very horror thou shalt not endure to be alone." Grettir at this moment noticed that his dirk had slipped from its sheath during the fall, and that it now lay conveniently near his hand. The giddiness which had oppressed him passed away, he clutched at the sword-haft, and with a blow severed the vampire's throat. Then, kneeling on the breast, he hacked till the head came off. Thorhall appeared now, his face blanched with terror, but when he saw how the fray had terminated he assisted Grettir gleefully to roll the corpse on the top of a pile of faggots, which had been collected for winter fuel. Fire was applied, and soon far down the valley the flames of the pyre startled people, and made them wonder what new horror was being enacted in the upper portion of the Vale of Shadows. Next day the charred bones were conveyed to a spot remote from the habitations of men, and were there buried. What Glámr had predicted came to pass. Never after did Grettir dare to be alone in the dark.   THE BOOK OF GHOSTS BY SAVINE BEARING GOULD SECTION SIXTEEN THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIVERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR THE VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIVERCHE DOT 
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