Fragment of a Ghost Story

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A shovel of his ashes took / From the hearth's obscurest nook, / Muttering mysteries as she went. / Helen and Henry knew that Granny / Was as much afraid of Ghosts as any, / And so they followed hard- / But Helen clung to her brother's arm, / And her own spasm made her shake.

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