Both he and they were distinctly in my view, and
never within speech of each other, until he vanished into one of
the wynds leading towards the bottom of the High Street, at
which precise time the two strangers came below my window; so
that it was quite dear he neither could be one of them nor have
any communication with them.
"Yet, mark me again; for, of all things I have ever seen, this was
the most singular. When I looked down at the two strangers, one
of them was extremely like Drummond. So like was he that there
was not one item in dress, form, feature, nor voice, by which I
could distinguish the one from the other. I was certain it was not
he, because I had seen the one going and the other approaching at
the same time, and my impression at the moment was that I
looked upon some spirit, or demon, in his likeness. I felt a
chillness creep all round my heart, my knees tottered, and,
withdrawing my head from the open casement that lay in the dark
shade, I said to the man who was with me, 'Good God, what is
this?'
"'What is it, my dear?' said he, as much alarmed as I was.
"'As I live, there stands an apparition!' said I.
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