Christ spoke the truth surely, in saying that men would
not believe, "though one rose from the dead." In my own case, the fact
makes absolutely no impression. I regret such confirmation of truth as
this.
Within a mile of our villa stands the Villa Columbaria, a large house,
built round a square court. Like Mr. Powers's residence, it was formerly
a convent. It is inhabited by Major Gregorie, an old soldier of Waterloo
and various other fights, and his family consists of Mrs. ------, the
widow of one of the Major's friends, and her two daughters. We have
become acquainted with the family, and Mrs. ------, the married daughter,
has lent us a written statement of her experiences with a ghost, who has
haunted the Villa Columbaria for many years back.
He had made Mrs. ------ aware of his presence in her room by a sensation
of extreme cold, as if a wintry breeze were blowing over her; also by a
rustling of the bed-curtains; and, at such times, she had a certain
consciousness, as she says, that she was not ALONE.
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