Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents, and Strange EventsBaring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
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Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents, and Strange Events
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
Legends -- England -- Yorkshire; Yorkshire (England) -- Miscellanea
"We now live in the parish of Holy Trinity, and attend the church
regularly. A part of my family sit in the gallery, therefore I will
tell you, in as matter-of-fact a manner as possible, what I myself
have seen, and leave one of my daughters, if she likes, to give you
her experiences.
"I must state also that the ghost is seen more or less distinctly
as you happen to be seated in the centre or side of the gallery; as
a rule, the former is the best place.
"As I have no faith in ghosts, I have been most wishful to have the
matter cleared up. At present I cannot account for the appearance
in any way.
"I went many times to the gallery in hopes of seeing the
phenomenon, but was repeatedly disappointed. At last, one dull day,
hopeless for the purpose as I thought--rain was falling at the
time--I was startled by seeing something.
"There are two east windows--one on the right, filled with common
green glass, the organ in front of it. From the outside of this
window I saw something move, and immediately a graceful figure of a
girl of eighteen or twenty years crossed the outside of the stained
east window with a light, free step. She was entirely covered with
a fine lace veil which, as she walked and met the air, showed the
outline of the head and figure; the features I could not
distinguish, but could see a shade through the veil where they
naturally would be.
"The veil was of a pure white, flowing back as a train as she
walked. In two or three minutes the figure returned, the robe
flowing back in the same way, and disappeared behind the organ
window.
"The figure appeared to me to be decidedly outside the window, and
at a greater distance than was possible for any one to be; in the
first place, because the east window is high up, and therefore
anyone walking past it, to be seen at all, must be at some little
distance from it; and, secondly, because there is a dead wall
within a few yards of the window.
"The pure white of the robe quite obliterated the colours in the
window, but the lead work was distinct enough, and the figure
appeared behind it The distinct outline of the figure is most
striking.
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