Shakespeare's England . esof the church of St. Peter, about fifty feet from theplace of execution. The ghost of Anne Boleyn issaid to haunt that part of the Tower where she lived,and it is likewise whispered that the spectre of LadyJane Grey was seen, not long ago, on the anniversaryof the day of her execution [Obiit February 12, 1554],to glide out upon a balcony adjacent to the room inwhich she lodged during nearly eight months, at thelast of her wasted, unfortunate, but gentle and noblelife. [That room was in the house of Thomas Brydges,brother and deputy of Sir John Brydges, Lieutenant ofth
Shakespeare's England . esof the church of St. Peter, about fifty feet from theplace of execution. The ghost of Anne Boleyn issaid to haunt that part of the Tower where she lived,and it is likewise whispered that the spectre of LadyJane Grey was seen, not long ago, on the anniversaryof the day of her execution [Obiit February 12, 1554],to glide out upon a balcony adjacent to the room inwhich she lodged during nearly eight months, at thelast of her wasted, unfortunate, but gentle and noblelife. [That room was in the house of Thomas Brydges,brother and deputy of Sir John Brydges, Lieutenant ofthe Tower, and its windows command an unobstructedview of the Tower green, which was the place of theblock.] It could serve no good purpose to relate theparticulars of those visitations; but nobody doubts them— while he is in the Tower. It is a place of mysteryand horror, notwithstanding all that the practical spiritof to-day has done to make it trivial and to cheapen itsgrim glories by association with the CHAPTER IV RAMBLES IN LONDON
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