1804-24 A HURRIED ENTRY AND EXIT 25 
'^he same time, as I was unable to stop my down- 
career. I heard shrieks, and saw the whisk 
of the garment of a female, who had rushed 
through an inner door ; the room was empty ; the 
ghastly head at my feet. I seized it and retreated, 
'trapping it in my cloak. I suppose 1 must have 
closed the door after me, but I never stopped till 
f reached the surgery.’ 
