large/6636/book_of_ghosts_1111_librivox_64kb_mp3/bookofghosts_16_baring-gould_64kb_71
large/6636/book_of_ghosts_1111_librivox_64kb_mp3/bookofghosts_16_baring-gould_64kb
English
6636
There had been men engaged removing chalk, and they came on a skeleton under some depth of rubble. THERE HAD BEEN MEN ENGAGED REMOVING CHALK AND THEY HAD COME ON A SKELETON UNDER SOME DEPTH OF RUBBLE
ld like better. Lynton mounted me on a very nice chestnut, and the rest of the party having gone out shooting, and the young ladies being otherwise engaged, he and I started about eleven o'clock for our ride. The day was beautiful, soft, with a bright sun, one of those delightful days which so frequently occur in the early part of November. On reaching the hilltop where Lynton had expected to meet the hounds no trace of them was to be discovered. They must have found at once, and run in a different direction. At three o'clock, after we had eaten our sandwiches, Lynton reluctantly abandoned all hopes of falling in with the hounds, and said we would return home by a slightly different route. We had not descended the hill before we came on an old chalk quarry and the remains of a disused kiln. I recollected the spot at once. I had been here with Sir Francis on my former visit, many years ago. "Why--bless me!" said I. "Do you remember, Lynton, what happened here when I was with you before? SAID THERE WAS NOTHING I SHOULD LIKE BETTER LYNTON MOUNTED ME ON A VERY NICE CHESTNUT AND THE REST OF THE PARTY HAVING GONE OUT SHOOTING AND THE YOUNG LADIES BEING OTHERWISE ENGAGED HE AND I STARTED ABOUT ELEVEN O'CLOCK FOR OUR RIDE THE DAY WAS BEAUTIFUL SOFT WITH A BRIGHT SUN ONE OF THOSE DELIGHTFUL DAYS WHICH SO FREQUENTLY OCCUR IN THE EARLY PART OF NOVEMBER ON REACHING THE HILLTOP WHERE LYNTON HAD EXPECTED TO MEET THE HOUNDS NO TRACE OF THEM WAS TO BE DISCOVERED THEY MUST HAVE FOUND AT ONCE AND RUN IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AT THREE O'CLOCK AFTER WE HAD EATEN OUR SANDWICHES LYNTON RELUCTANTLY ABANDONED ALL HOPES OF FALLING IN WITH THE HOUNDS AND SAID WE WOULD RETURN HOME BY A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ROUTE WE HAD NOT DESCENDED THE HILL BEFORE WE CAME ON AN OLD CHALK QUARRY AND THE REMAINS OF A DISUSED KILN I RECOLLECTED THE SPOT AT ONCE I HAD BEEN HERE WITH SIR FRANCIS ON MY FORMER VISIT MANY YEARS AGO WHY BLESS ME SAID I DO YOU REMEMBER LYNTON WHAT HAPPENED HERE WHEN I WAS WITH YOU BEFORE
large/6636/book_of_ghosts_1111_librivox_64kb_mp3/bookofghosts_16_baring-gould_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/6636/book_of_ghosts_1111_librivox_64kb_mp3/bookofghosts_16_baring-gould_64kb.flac