Witch Miss Seeton by Carvic Heron

Author:Carvic, Heron [Carvic, Heron]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery
ISBN: 9780425107133
Google: yT8mhEGWbCwC
Amazon: B01EVZBDWI
Goodreads: 30054768
Publisher: Farrago
Published: 1971-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

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~10~

Mrs. Blaine was taking her duties seriously, and following the Maidstone meeting, she had felt quite inspired. She and Miss Nuttel after much discussion had decided to put salvation before cash consideration and had joined Nuscience. They had even, though “this was too secret,” been allowed to hear hints of the Secret Place. Now with two friends, in search of guidance, they were gathered for a table-rapping séance after supper. Hands spread on a small polished table, their thumbs and little fingers touching, the room lit only by a shaded lamp, they sat and waited. And waited. Eventually Mrs. Blaine, always short-suffering, demanded to know if anyone was there. The table, taken by surprise, gave a start and rocked. Thrilled, they confirmed the code: three raps for Yes and one for No and the letters of the alphabet by numbers.

Once it had got the hang of things the table joined the spirit of the game. It tapped out messages, although it couldn’t spell and was inclined to stop mid-sentence as though forgetful of its theme. The quickest and surest method appeared to be question and answer. Was Miss Seeton a witch? The table said she was. Was there danger all about them? The table was sure of it. Was the church at Iverhurst bedeviled with ghosts? Yes: the table was emphatic. Wasn’t it their duty to insist that something should be done? The table nearly broke a leg insisting that it should.

The party finished late, good nights were exchanged and the ladies retired to rest enkindled afresh with missionary zeal. They were to be the saviors of the district and Mrs. Blaine felt all too keenly her position as the leader of the band.

She visited the Brettenden Free Library; read a book. If the district was to be infested with eerie lights which appeared in empty churches at midnight, with ghosts and witches, the district, as the Master had too rightly said, must then he purged, and this book, Ghosts and Go-Betweens, told you just too clearly how to do it. You had to exorcise them. An ordained priest, it stipulated, was necessary to perform this feat.

Mrs. Blaine and Miss Nuttel canvassed the village; exhorting, arguing, demanding. Finally, when sufficient enthusiasm had been roused, they led a deputation to the vicarage. There they met with opposition.

Miss Treeves was adamant. Never, she averred, had she heard such foolishness. Nor would she dream of letting Arthur get entangled. And table rapping … Really, she had no patience. How could they be so silly? And as for the suggestion that Arthur should go to Iverhurst, at night, and exorcise … It was quite the stupidest idea she’d ever heard. And if there really were lights at Iverhurst, then it was a matter for the police.

“You don’t understand,” protested Norah Blaine. “Even if the police would take it seriously—which of course they never do—there’s nothing they can do against evil spirits. It’s too obviously a matter for the Church; it says so here.” She produced the library book.

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