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earlier and having gone to live at Clifton. She died on September 23rd, 1876, never again having visited the house.
In 1882 the house was taken by Captain Morton, whose family consisted of his wife, a great invalid; a married daughter, Mrs. K., who frequently visited her parents ; fous unmarried daughters-Miss Morton, at the time finishing her medical studies, Miss E. Morton, aged eighteen, the Misses L. and M. Morton, aged fifteen and thirteen; and two sons, one aged sixteen and the other six.
The family moved into the house in March, 1882, and in following June Miss Morton saw the apparition for the first time and thus describes the occurrence :
“I had gone up to my room but was not yet in bed, when I heard some one at the door and went to it, thinking it might be my mother. On opening the door I saw no one, but on going a few steps along the passage I saw the figure of a tall lady dressed in black, standing at the head of the stairs. After a few minutes she descended the stairs, and I followed for a short distance, feeling curious what it could be. I had only a small piece of candle, and it suddenly burnt itself out, and beivg unable to see more, I went back to my room.
“ The figure was that of a tall lady dressed in black, of a soft woollen material. judging from the slight sound in moving. The face was hidden in a handkerchief held in the right hand. This is all I noticed then but on further occasions, when I was able to observe her more closely, I saw the upper part of the left side of the forehead and a little of the hair above. Her left Jiand was nearly hielden by her sleeve and a fold of her dress. As she held it down a portion of a widow's cuff was visible on both wrists, so that the whole impression was that of a lady in widow's weeds. There was no cap on the head, but a general effect of blackness suggests a bonnet, with a long hood or veil."
During the next few years Miss Morton saw the apparition constiinily, and it was also seen by twenty other persons, most of whom were quite unaware of Miss Morton's experience.
Dlore than oņce Miss Morton spoke to the figure. Thus on January 29th, 1884: “I opened the drawing-room door Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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