1942
19
YEARS
RUSHBROOKE HALL
“A peculiar incident occurred during my sojourn at Rushbrooke Hall in Suffolk,
where I went for convalescence in 1942.”
“The building had a wonderful ‘feel’ about it - atmospheric in the extreme, and I thoroughly enjoyed my stay there - especially the ghosthunting adventure.”
“A window
was pointed out to me
as that through which…”
“…the murdered body
of a certain lady
had been hurled into the moat.”
“Queen Elizabeth I held court
at this sixty-roomed mansion
in 1578.”
“I was told that on the reputed anniversary
of the Queen’s visit…”
“…the gruesome disposal
of the victim’s body
was re-enacted.”
“When the anniversary drew near
I managed to arrange for three friends
to spend the night in the ‘haunted room’.”
“Everything was quiet until just before 2 a.m
when the almost total silence was suddenly shattered
by the sound of a window opening violently - slamming back against the wall.”
“After a few moments,
we approached the window.”
“Everything seemed to be still…
all was quiet in the moat below.”
“As we crouched over the sill,
peering down, we suddenly felt
an icy draught over our heads.”
“As we looked at each other
we all heard a dull plop
from the moat below us.”
“Looking down,
we each thought we could distinguish
a disturbance in the water…”
“Silent and wondering, we watched the
ever-widening circles of water
in the moonlight…”
No Common Task
pp.36-37
Private Correspondence, 2007
