![]() ![]() ![]() And in this story, a scholar of medieval history (so far, so quintessential James) recounts how he found a series of clues which led him to hidden treasure: gold which belonged to an abbot. James’s ghost stories, objects are usually the link between the present and some horrifying past. Is this tree somehow connected to the events of fifty years earlier? ![]() Half a century later, the landowner’s grandson takes up residence in the same house, and discovers the ash-tree in the grounds of the estate is causing problems. Witchcraft is the main subject of this James tale, which takes us back to 1690 and a witch trial.Ī landowner ensures a local woman is condemned as a witch and subsequently executed, but this same landowner dies shortly afterwards in mysterious circumstances. Severe arachnophobes may wish to skip this story, because of its ending, but it’s a classic James story so is well worth reading. ![]()
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