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 sensation, quite foreign to my character, tho' the latter had been tinged with a sullen hue since I had frequented the company of my new friend.

When we came to Lieutenant N's apartment, we met two of his most intimate friends, who had been present at the late alarming apparition of the ghost, and were determined to engage the spectre once more.

They all were rejoiced at the Austrian's coming, and soon began to recount the terrible visitation of the ghost, and the anxiety they had suffered, which they did in a most prolix and tedious manner. The Austrian begged to talk of something else, and not to deprive themselves of the necessary firmness of mind by the recollection of what was past; he at the same time endeavoured to give the conversation a more cheerful turn, and I cannot but confess, that he never had been so amusing and pleasing since I had known him.