. Thackerayana;. e to, and betray women they neversaw, and do twenty fine feats over their cups which they never doanywhere else. And children, servants, and old women, andothers of the same size of understanding, please and terrify them-selves and one another with spirits and goblins. In this case aghost is no more than a help to discourse. 304 THA CKERA YANA. 1A late very pious but very credulous bishop was relating astrange story of a demon, that haunted a girl in Lothbury, to acompany of gentlemen in the City, when one of them told his lord-ship the following adventure :— As I was one nigh
. Thackerayana;. e to, and betray women they neversaw, and do twenty fine feats over their cups which they never doanywhere else. And children, servants, and old women, andothers of the same size of understanding, please and terrify them-selves and one another with spirits and goblins. In this case aghost is no more than a help to discourse. 304 THA CKERA YANA. 1A late very pious but very credulous bishop was relating astrange story of a demon, that haunted a girl in Lothbury, to acompany of gentlemen in the City, when one of them told his lord-ship the following adventure :— As I was one night reading in bed, as my custom is, and allmy family were at rest, I heard a foot deliberately ascending thestairs, and as it came nearer I heard something breathe. While Iwas musing what it should be, three hollow knocks at my doormade me ask who was there, and instantly the door blew open. Ah ! sir, and pray what did you see ? My lord, Ill tell tall thin figure stood before me, with withered hair, and an. earthly aspect; he was covered with a long sooty garment, thatdescended to his ancles, and his waist was clasped close within abroad leathern girdle. In one hand he held a black staff tallerthan himself, and in the other a round body of pale light, whichshone feebly every way. Thats remarkable ! pray, sir, go beckoned to me, and I followed it down stairs, and there itpointed to the door, and then left me, and made a hideous noisein the street. This is really odd and surprising; but, pray now,did it give you no notice what it might particularly seek or aimat ? Yes, my lord, it was the watchman, who came to showme that my servants had left all my doors open. THE HUMOURIST: 305 Of Keeping the Commandments. I have been humbly of opinion for many years that the keepingof the Ten Commandments was a matter not altogether unworthyof our consideration and practice; and though I am of the samesentiments still, yet I dare hardly publish them, knowing that if Iam against th
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