![]() Based on discrete inquiries into his activities, it appears your son has been publicly proclaiming himself some kind of Celtic prince with mystical powers. ![]() I have grave concerns for his well being. Robert has barricaded himself within the castle walls and refuses to see me or Doctor Frank. “The situation is a good deal worse than we expected. Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition, which has furnished materials for many a wild story in that region of shadows and the spectre is known at all the country firesides, by the name of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow.” - WashingtonIrving, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” ![]() ![]() It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper, whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball, in some nameless battle during the Revolutionary War, and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk hurrying along in the gloom of night, as if on the wings of the wind. “The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air, is the apparition of a figure on horseback, without a head. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |