EF Benson is best known for his Mapp and Lucia tales, but he was a prolific writer and wrote many ghost stories as well. This is the 7th in the series of annual tales told at Christmas and may put a chill up your spine. So snuggle up with your favourite beverage and indulge yourself for a while.
First, find the right story, then read it and answer the questions
1. For all his apprehensions and expectancy how many times had he seen a ghost? = A
2. How many people had we dined with here in Graeme Street? = B
3. You had put me in the front room, on which floor? = C
4. I could distinguish the tread of how many horses walking at a slow foot's pace? = D
5. I remember wondering momentarily, how odd it was that I saw things or rather how many things? = E
6. The hands of my watch pointed to half-past which hour? = F
7. Once again I looked at my watch. It was just a quarter-past which hour? = G
8. It was dawn on which day in June, when the street, as natural, was empty? Add the 2 digits together to = H
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