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November 24, 2013

“How do you account for the ghosts’ clothes —

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are they ghosts, too?” asked the Saturday Review in 1856.
“What an idea, indeed! All the socks that never came home from the wash, all the boots and shoes which we left behind us worn out at watering-places, all the old hats which we gave to crossing-sweepers … What a notion of heaven — an illimitable old clothes-shop, peopled by bores, and not a little infested with knaves!” Haunting Attire – Futility Closet

Posted by gerardvanderleun at November 24, 2013 9:24 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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