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                                 Chapter 7 



                           The Ghost¨s Walk 



             hile Esther sleeps察and while Esther wakes察it is still wet 

Wweather down at the place in Lincolnshire。 The rain is 

             ever falling察drip察drip察drip察by day and night察upon the 

broad   flagged   terrace´pavement察  The   Ghost¨s   Walk。   The   weather 

is so very bad察down in Lincolnshire察that the liveliest imagination 

can scarcely apprehend its ever being fine again。 Not that there is 

any     superabundant       life  of  imagination      on   the   spot察  for  Sir 

Leicester   is   not   here   and察  truly察  even   if   he   were察  would   not   do 

much for it in that particular察but is in Paris察with my Lady察and 

solitude察with dusky wings察sits brooding upon Chesney Wold。 

   There may be some motions of fancy among the lower animals 

of Chesney Wold。 The horses in the stables!the long stables in a 

barren察red´brick courtyard察where there is a great bell in a turret察

and a clock with a large face察which the pigeons who live near it察

and   who   love   to   perch   upon    its  shoulders察   seem   to  be  always 

consulting!they   may   contemplate   some   mental   pictures   of   fine 

weather on occasions察and may be better artists at them than the 

grooms。 The old roan察so  famous   for  cross´country  work察  turning 

his    large   eyeball   to  the   grated    window      near   his   rack察  may 

remember  the   fresh   leaves   that   glisten   there   at   other   times察  and 

the   scents    that  stream    in察 and   may   have    a  fine  run   with   the 

hounds察while the human helper察clearing out the next stall察never 

stirs beyond his pitchfork and birch´broom。 The grey察whose place 

is  opposite    the   door察 and   who察   with   an  impatient    rattle  of  his 



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halter察  pricks   his   ears   and   turns   his   head   so   wistfully   when   it   is 

opened察  and   to   whom   the   opener   says察   Woa   grey察  then察  steady 

Noabody wants you today 院may know it quite as well as the man。 

The     whole    seemingly      monotonous        and    uncompanionable          half´ 

dozen察  stabled   together察  may   pass   the   long   wet   hours察  when   the 

door is shut察in livelier communication than is held in the servant¨s 

hall察  or   at   the   Dedlock   Arms察or   may   even   beguile   the   time   by 

improving   perhaps   corrupting   the   pony   in   the   loose´box   in   the 

corner。 

    So the mastiff察dozing in his kennel察in the courtyard察with his 

large head on his paws察may think of the hot sunshine察when the 

shadows of the stable´buildings tire his patience out by changing察

and leave him察at one time of the day察no broader refuge than the 

shadow       of  his  own    house察   where    he   sits  on   end察  panting     and 

growling      short察   and   very    much     wanting      something      to  worry察

besides      himself    and    his  chain。    So察  now察   half´waking      and    all´ 

winking察     he   may    recall  the   house    full  of  company察      the  coach´ 

houses     full  of   vehicles察  the  stables    full  of  horses察  and    the  out´ 

buildings   full   of   attendants      upon    horses察  until   he   is  undecided 

about the present察and comes forth to see how it is。 Then with that 

impatient shape of himself察he may growl in the spirit察 Rain察rain察

rain Nothing but rain!and no family here 院as he goes in again察

and lies down with a gloomy yawn。 

    So with the dogs in the kennel´buildings across   the   park察  who 

have   their  restless   fits察and   whose   doleful   voices察  when   the   wind 

has   been   very   obstinate察  have   even   made   it  known   in   the   house 

itself此  upstairs察downstairs察and   in   my  lady¨s   chamber。   They   may 

hunt     the  whole     countryside察    while    the   raindrops     are   pattering 

round      their  inactivity。    So   the  rabbits察   with   their   self´betraying 



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tails察  frisking   in   and   out   of   holes   at   roots   of   trees察  may   be   lively 

with ideas of the breezy days when their ears are blown about察or 

of those seasons of interest when there are sweet young plants to 

gnaw。     The    turkey    in  the   poultry´yard察     always    troubled     with   a 

class´grievance probably Christmas察may be   reminiscent  of  that 

summer´morning wrongfully taken from him察when he got into the 

lane   among  the   felled   trees察  where   there   was   a   barn   and   barley。 

The     discontented       goose察   who     stoops    to   pass    under     the   old 

gateway察  twenty  feet  high察  may   gabble   out察  if   we   only   know   it察  a 

waddling       preference      for  weather      when     the   gateway     casts    its 

shadow on the ground。 Be this as it may察there is not much fancy 

otherwise stirring at Chesney Wold。 If there be a little at any odd 

moment察it goes察like a little noise in that old echoing place察a long 

way察and usually leads off to ghosts and mystery。 

    It has rained so hard and rained so long察down in Lincolnshire察

that  Mrs   Rouncewell察  the   old  housekeeper at  Chesney Wold察  has 

several times taken off her spectacles and cleaned them察to make 

certain that the drops were not upon the glasses。 Mrs Rouncewell 

might have been sufficiently assured by hearing the rain察but that 

she is rather deaf察which nothing will induce her to believe。 She is 

a fine old lady察handsome察stately察wonderfully neat察and has such 

a   back察  and   such   a   stomacher察  that   if   her   stays   should   turn   out 

when      she   dies  to   have   been    a   broad   old´fashioned      family   fire´ 

grate察  nobody  who  knows   her  would   have  cause  to   be   surprised。 

Weather   affects   Mrs   Rouncewell   little。   The   house   is   there   in   all 

weathers察  and   the   house察  as   she   expresses   it察   is   what   she   looks 

at。 ̄   She   sits   in   her   room   in   a   side´passage   on   the   ground   floor察

with     an   arched     window       commanding         a  smooth      quadrangle察

adorned at regular intervals with smooth round trees and smooth 



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round blocks of stone察as if the trees were going to  play at  bowls 

with  the  stones察  and   the  whole  house   reposes   on  her  mind。   She 

can open it on occasion察and be busy and fluttered察but it is shut´ 

up now察and lies on the breadth  of  Mrs   Rouncewell¨s iron´bound 

bosom察in a majestic sleep。 

    It  is  the   next   difficult   thing    to  an   impossibility     to  imagine 

Chesney   Wold   without   Mrs   Rouncewell察  but   she   has   only   been 

here   fifty   years。   Ask   her   how   long察  this   rainy   day察  and   she   shall 

answer ^fifty year three months and a fortnight察by the blessing of 

Heaven察  if   I   live  till  Tuesday。 ̄     Mr   Rouncewell   died   some        time 

before the decease of the pretty fashion of pig´tails察and modestly 

hid his own if he took it with him in a corner of the churchyard in 

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