J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu [fiction books to read .TXT] 📗

rn sounded, and the mail-coach drew up at thedoor of the George and Dragon to set down a passenger and his luggage.

Dick Turnbull rose and went out to the hall with careful bustle, andDoctor Torvey followed as far as the door, which commanded a view of it,and saw several trunks cased in canvas pitched into the hall, and bycareful Tom and a boy lifted one on top of the other, behind the cornerof the banister. It would have been below the dignity of his cloth to goout and read the labels on these, or the Doctor would have doneotherwise, so great was his curiosity.

CHAPTER III

Philip Feltram

The new guest was now in the hall of the George, and Doctor Torvey couldhear him talking with Mr. Turnbull. Being himself one of the dignitariesof Golden Friars, the Doctor, having regard to first impressions, didnot care to be seen in his post of observation; and closing the doorgently, returned to his chair by the fire, and in an under-tone informedhis cronie