THE PHANTOM: A DRAMA.
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As 't were confusedly, and heard strange sounds,—
Stranger than wind or natural cause could utter.
CRAWFORD.
And hast thou heard them often?
SEXTON.
But that was in the first years of mine office.
I am not now alarm'd: use makes me feel
As if no harm could e'er befall the sexton:
And ev'n my wife will in dark winter nights
Enter the church alone and toll the bell.
CRAWFORD.
Of apparition or unearthly thing?
SEXTON.
CRAWFORD (eagerly).
SEXTON.
Upon a Friday night
CRAWFORD (quickly).