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210 EXTRAORDINARY APPARITION.
“I hope, Sir,” said the Doctor, “you have got over
all this.”
“ No, truly,” returned the gentleman, “ if I may be so
free as to speak my mind, I think we shall never get quite
over it, unless we can find the old deed; which, however,
I hope we shall find ; for I intend to make a general search
after it.”
“I wish with all my heart you may find it, Sir.”
“ I don’t doubt but I shall,” added the gentleman, “ for
I had a dream concerning it last night.”
“A dream about the writing I” said the Doctor, “ then
I hope it was that you should find it.”
“ Why, Sir,” continued the gentleman, “ I’ll tell you:—
I dreamt that a strange gentleman came to me, whom I
had never seen in my life, and helped me to look for it: I
don’t know but you may be the very man.”
“ I should be glad to be the person, I assure you,”
said the Doctor.
“Nay,” cried the gentleman, “if you should think
proper, I am certain you may be the man to help me
to look for it.”
“ Aye,” said the Doctor, “ I may help you to look for
it, indeed, and I will do it with all my heart; but I would
much rather be the man that should help you to find it.
Pray when do you intend to make a search ?”
“I had appointed to do it to-morrow.”
“ But,” enquired the Doctor, “in what manner do you
intend to search ?”
“ Why, it is the opinion of us all, that my grandfather
was so very much concerned about preserving this writing,
and was so apprehensive that somebody about him would
rob him of it, if they could, that he hid it in some very
secret place: but I am resolved I’ll find it if I am obliged
to pull half the house down.”
“ Truly,”
“I hope, Sir,” said the Doctor, “you have got over
all this.”
“ No, truly,” returned the gentleman, “ if I may be so
free as to speak my mind, I think we shall never get quite
over it, unless we can find the old deed; which, however,
I hope we shall find ; for I intend to make a general search
after it.”
“I wish with all my heart you may find it, Sir.”
“ I don’t doubt but I shall,” added the gentleman, “ for
I had a dream concerning it last night.”
“A dream about the writing I” said the Doctor, “ then
I hope it was that you should find it.”
“ Why, Sir,” continued the gentleman, “ I’ll tell you:—
I dreamt that a strange gentleman came to me, whom I
had never seen in my life, and helped me to look for it: I
don’t know but you may be the very man.”
“ I should be glad to be the person, I assure you,”
said the Doctor.
“Nay,” cried the gentleman, “if you should think
proper, I am certain you may be the man to help me
to look for it.”
“ Aye,” said the Doctor, “ I may help you to look for
it, indeed, and I will do it with all my heart; but I would
much rather be the man that should help you to find it.
Pray when do you intend to make a search ?”
“I had appointed to do it to-morrow.”
“ But,” enquired the Doctor, “in what manner do you
intend to search ?”
“ Why, it is the opinion of us all, that my grandfather
was so very much concerned about preserving this writing,
and was so apprehensive that somebody about him would
rob him of it, if they could, that he hid it in some very
secret place: but I am resolved I’ll find it if I am obliged
to pull half the house down.”
“ Truly,”