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replied that it was only the ravens; and then 

 told him that a pair of these birds roosted every 

 night close by, and invariably when a hght was 

 seen burning at a late hour in any cottage they 

 came and tapped at the window. The ravens had 

 often been seen doing it, and their tapping was 

 so well known that no notice was taken of it. 



