[Gutenberg 39712] • Goblin Tales of Lancashire

Excerpt: ...isolated as she was from the little world upon the hillside, she felt in an unwonted manner the utter loneliness of the place and its dread surroundings. Suddenly she uttered a shrill shriek, for she heard a hissing whisper at her ear and felt an icy breath upon her cheek. She dared not turn round, for she saw that the door opening upon the churchyard remained closed as before, and that occasionally passing within the range of her fixed stare, a white hare with blood-red eyes gambolled round the belfry. 'T' Dobbie!' sighed she, as the dim light began to flicker and the hare suddenly vanished. 157 As she stood almost paralysed, again came the terrible whisper, and this time she heard the question