And then came the incident that in its ghastly, horrible absurdity made

the rest of the people shout with laughter the next day. It was not

funny then. For suddenly the eiderdown comfort began to slip. I heard no

footstep, not the slightest sound approaching me, but the comfort

moved; from my chin, inch by inch, it slipped to my shoulders; awfully,

inevitably, hair-raisingly it moved. I could feel my blood gather around

my heart, leaving me cold and nerveless. As it passed my hands I gave

an involuntary clutch for it, to feel it slip away from my fingers. Then

the full horror of the situation took hold of me; as the comfort slid

past my feet I sat up and screamed at the top of my voice.

Of course, people came running in all sorts of things. I was still

sitting up, declaring I had seen a ghost and that the house was haunted.

Dallas was struggling for the second armhole of his dressing gown and

Bella had already turned on the lights. They said I had had a nightmare,

and not to sleep on my back, and perhaps I was taking grippe.

And just then we heard Jimmy run down the stairs, and fall over

something, almost breaking his wrist. It was the eiderdown comfort,

half-way up the studio staircase!




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