Between the Dark and the Daylight

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Thomas, observed my aunt, as she entered the room, I have taken you by surprise.
She had. Hamlet could scarcely have been more surprised at the appearance of the ghost of his father. I had supposed that she was in the wilds of Cornwall. She glanced at the table at which I had been seated.
What are you doing?--having your breakfast?