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It must first be noted that the wide staircase I have described as passing close to my room was thence…

Date of account: Published 1907
Source: Seen and Unseen
Reference: Seen and Unseen · selected passage 44
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

Record summary

It must first be noted that the wide staircase I have described as passing close to my room was thence continued upward to the next floor

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It must first be noted that the wide staircase I have described as passing close to my room was thence continued upward to the next floor. In my dream or vision I saw distinctly a woman in a white nightgown, with dark hair streaming down her back, rushing up this second flight of stairs in the most distraught and reckless fashion. In one hand she held a knife, and was trying to stab herself with it, as a musjig--in crimson coat--rushed after her, and endeavoured to wrench it out of her hand. Two or three other people ran up the stairs behind her, but only this peasant seemed to have the courage or presence of mind to grapple with her. In a few moments, as it seemed to me, the vision, so startling and clear cut, faded away, and I sank into a dreamless sleep, I suppose, for it was past six A.M.

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Modern context

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