"All good spirits praise God the Lord!"
Upon which the spirit answered—
"In eternity. Amen!"
Whilst Diliana exclaimed—
"Grandmother! grandmother! art thou indeed her spirit?"
So the spirit glided three times round the circle, with a plaintive wailing sound, then stopped before Diliana, and making the sign of the cross, said—
"Daughter, take that shift of mine from off thee, it betokens misfortune. It is No. 7, and see, I have No. 6 for my bloody shroud."
Whereupon it pointed to the throat, where indeed the red number 6 was plainly discernible.
Diliana spake—
"Grandmother, how did these things come to pass?"