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Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories
Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories Author:Ambrose Bierce The flare was momentary, followed by black darkness, in which, however, the apparition still showed white and motionless; then by insensible degrees it faded and vanished, like a bright image on the retina after the closing of the eyes. A peculiarity of the apparition, hardly noted at the time, but afterward recalled, was that it showed only the... more » upper half of the woman's figure: nothing was seen below the waist.« less