"To be as brief as possible. Just before Easter I was called away
suddenly on business for a day, and, on returning, was surprised at
receiving a visit from the Dean. He appeared annoyed, and complained
that his rest had been broken the previous night by someone playing the
organ quite into the small hours. He was surprised beyond measure on my
informing him of my absence from home. We tried to discover a solution
to the mystery, but failed. One day, however, I showed the Dean the old
manuscript in my possession, and was surprised to hear that he knew of a
tradition of the appearance, once a year, of the apparition. An old
verger, since dead, had declared several times that he had seen it; but,
being old and childish, no one took any notice of the story.
"Strange to say, the date when the ghost appeared was always the
same--the Wednesday before Easter. That was also the date mentioned in
the manuscript, and also the date when the organ was heard by the Dean.
We considered these facts of sufficient importance to warrant our making
further investigation; and decided, when the time came round again, to
go ourselves into the cathedral; meanwhile we kept our own counsel.
"The time soon passed on and the week before Easter again arrived, and
on the Wednesday evening, about 11.
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