The Dream Woman

21,432 words Updated 10-04

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌⁠Wilkie Collins

A Mystery in Four Narratives

THE FIRST NARRATIVE

INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT OF THE FACTS BY PERCY FAIRBANK

I

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌⁠"Hullo, there! Hostler! Hullo-o-o!"

"My dear! why don't you look for the bell?"

"I have looked—there is no bell."

"And nobody in the yard. How very extraordinary! Call again, dear."

"Hostler! Hullo, there! Hostler-r-r!"

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌⁠My second call echoes through empty space, and rouses nobody—produces,

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