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I was born into a rich and important family in Toren Island I was the younger of two daughters and we were the only children my sister was 6 years older than me so we didn't play much together when I was young and I was only 12 years old when she got married I remember the day of her wedding well many people came all of them laughing singing and happy but I felt sad when my sister left with her new husband Mr CaRu she was always very nice to me nicer than my mother and so I

cried when she went away to her new home in Dublin my mother and father didn't love me they wanted sons and were not very interested in me just a year after my sister got married a letter arrived from Mr CaRu he said that my sister was ill and that she wanted to come home to Torin and stay with us to be with her family I was sad that she was Ill but also very happy about her visit they're leaving Dublin on Sunday my father told me and they're arriving here on Tuesday evening the day came

and it was a very long day our after I came and went and I listened all the time for my sister and her husband now the sky was dark and soon it was midnight but I couldn't sleep I listened and waited Suddenly at about 1:00 in the morning I heard a noise far away I ran out of my bedroom and down to the living room they're here they're here I called to my father and we quickly opened the front door to see better we waited there for a few minutes and we heard the noise again

somebody crying far away in the night but we saw nothing there were no lights and no people there we went outside waiting to say hello and to help my sister with her bags but nobody was there nobody came I looked at my father and he looked at me we didn't understand I know I heard a noise he said yes I answered I heard it too father but where are they they went back into the house without another word we were suddenly afraid the next day a man arrived and told us that my sister was dead

on Sunday she felt very ill on Monday she was worse and on Tuesday at about 1:00 in the morning she died at the same time that we were outside the house in the night waiting for her I never forgot that night for for the next 2 years I was very sad you could say that I stopped living I didn't want to do anything or speak to anyone Mr Karu soon married another young woman in Dublin and I felt angry that he forgot my sister so quickly I was now the only child of a rich and

important family so before I was 14 years old men started to visit our home they wanted to meet me and perhaps to marry me but I didn't like any of these men and I thought I was too young to be married when I was 16 my mother took me to Dublin Dublin is a big city she said we're going going to meet richer and more interesting men than the ones back home in Tyrone we can easily find you a good husband in Dublin in Dublin I began to be happier I met a lot of friendly

people and I went dancing every evening a lot of young men came to speak to me and asked me to dance I like talking to them I started to live and laugh again and I didn't think about my dead sister all the time but my mother was not so happy she wanted me to find a husband quickly one night before I went to bed she came into my room and said do you know Lord Glen Fallon oh oh yes I answered he's that ugly old man from cajiga he's not ugly and he's not old Fanny

my mother said quickly he's from a very rich and important family too and he wants to marry you he loves you he loves me wants to marry me me but he's making a mistake mother I said I don't love him I can't marry somebody I don't love think about it Fanny my mother answered quietly he's a good man and he wants to marry you you're a very lucky young woman my mother left the room and I sat quietly for a long time lord Glenn Fallon was a nice friendly man I thought I didn't love him

no but I did like him he always talked about interesting things I never felt happy at home with my mother and father but I always felt better when I talk to him the next morning when I saw my mother I said only one word yes Lord Glenn fell in and I got married the next spring and two days after our wedding we said goodbye to my family and left to Rome 3 days later we arrived in cajiga and I saw my husband's beautiful house for the first time it was near a river and there were

many trees and flowers in the garden Birds Sang in the trees and the sky was blue I stood next to him and looked at it all and I felt very very happy come my love said my husband you must come in and meet Martha she cooks and cleans and knows everything about the house so we went into the house and I met Martha a friendly old woman with smiling blue eyes she showed me around the house suddenly I felt excited to be there it was a very happy place women sang in the kitchen men built

fires in the living rooms and there were dogs and cats everywhere Come With Me Now Madam said Martha and look at your bedroom then we can take up your bags and you can wash before dinner I followed her and soon we arrived at a big brown door this is your room she said and she opened the door I stood and looked suddenly cold with fear in front of me stood something big and black I didn't know what it was I thought it was an old coat but without anybody inside it I jumped back quickly very

afraid and moved away from the door it's something wrong Madam mother asked me nothing perhaps it's nothing I answered quickly but I thought I saw something in there I thought I saw a big black coat there when you opened the door Martha's face went white with fear what's wrong I asked her now you look frightened something bad is going to happen she said when someone sees the black coat in this house we know that something bad is going to happen soon to the Glenn Fallon family I saw the black coat when I was a child

and the next morning old Lord Glenn fell and died something bad is going to happen now Madam I know it we went down to have dinner I felt unhappy and afraid but I didn't say anything to my husband about the black coat I wanted to forget about it and be happy again the next day Lord Glenn fallen and I went for a walk together to look around the house and Gardens because I wanted to know my new home better I like this house and all the people here I said and I'm happy to be here

with you it's much better than to run my husband was very quiet for a long time he walked with his head down thinking then suddenly he turned to me took my hand and said Fanny listen to me listen carefully there's something I must ask you please only go into the rooms in the front of the house or go into the rooms at the back of the building or into the little garden by the back door never do you understand me anny his face was white and unhappy I understood his words but I didn't understand why

he was suddenly a different man here at Killa he never smiled or laughed anymore perhaps the back of the house was dangerous I thought but he didn't want to talk about it anymore we went back to the house without speaking and again I tried to forget his words and to be as happy as I was before it was about a month later that I met the other woman for the first time one day I wanted to go for a walk in the gardens it was a beautiful day and I ran up to my room after

lunch to get my hat and coat but when I opened the door of my room there was a woman sitting near the fire she was about 40 years old and she wore a black coat her face was white and when I looked closely I saw that her eyes were white too she was blind Madam I said this is my room there is a mistake your room she answered a mistake no I don't think so I don't think there's a mistake where is Lord Glenn Fallon down in the living room I said but who are you

and why are you here in my room tell Lord Glenn Fallon that I want him was all she said I must tell you that I am lady Glenn Fallon and I want you to leave my room now I said lady Glenn Fallon you are not you are not she cried and hit my face very hard I cried out for help and soon Lord Glenn Fallon arrived I ran out of the room as he he ran in and I waited outside to listen at the door I did not hear every word but I knew that Lord

Glenn Fallon was very angry and the blind woman was very unhappy when he came out I asked him who is that woman and why is she in my bedroom but my husband didn't answer me again then his face was white with fear his only words were forget her but I did not forget her and every day it was more and more difficult to talk to my husband he was always quiet now always sad and afraid he sat for hours looking into the fire with his unhappy eyes but I didn't know why and he didn't want

to tell me one morning after breakfast Lord Glenn Fallon suddenly said I have the answer we must go away to another country to France or Spain perhaps what do you think Fanny he didn't wait for my answer but left the room very quickly I certain thought for a long time why must we leave Killa I didn't understand and I didn't want to go too far away from my mother and father into Rome they were old now and my father was sometimes ill they didn't love me very much but I wanted to be near them I

thought about it all day and I didn't know what to say to my husband when he arrived back in the evening and came in to dinner I said nothing after dinner I was very tired and I went up to my bedroom early I wanted to have a good night's sleep and think about it all again the next day I closed my eyes and went to sleep but I did not sleep well because I dreamed of the black coat suddenly I woke up everything was dark and very quiet but somebody was at the end of my

bed there was a hand with a light and behind a light was the blind woman she had a knife in her other hand I tried to get out of bed bed him run to the door but she stopped me if you want to live don't move she said tell me one thing did Lord Glenn Fallon marry you yes he did I answered he married me in front of a hundred people well that's sad she said because I I don't think he told you that he had a wife me I am his wife not you young

woman you must leave this house tomorrow because if you stay here you see this knife I am going to kill you with it then she left the room without a sound I didn't sleep again that night when morning came I told my husband everything who is the blind woman I asked him she told me last night that she is your wife that I am not your wife did you go into the rooms at the back of the house asked my husband angrily I told you that you must never go there but I didn't I answered

I was in my bed all night she came to me please tell me what is happening my husband's face was white again now and he didn't speak for a long time then he said no she is not my wife you are don't listen to her she doesn't know what she is saying she left the room I ran to find Martha I didn't like this house anymore my husband was a difficult man and I didn't understand him who was the blind woman I wanted to know everything don't cry Madam said Martha when I found her sit

down and listen to me what I'm going to tell you is not very nice the blind woman the woman in the black coat is dead you saw her ghost she was married to your husband and she was Lady Glenn Fallon nobody knows how she died her bedroom was at the back of the house somebody saw your husband with a knife in his hand on the night she died did he kill her nobody knows when we found her the knife was on the floor next to her and her eyes somebody cut her eyes out after she

died perhaps he didn't want her to see his other women his next wife you I didn't wait to speak to my husband again I left that day I was too afraid to stay another minute at Killa I knew that the blind woman was going to come back again and kill me I said goodbye to Martha took my bags and told my driver to take me back to Tyrone I'm happy living here with my mother and father now the house is quiet I sleep well each night and they are friendlier to me than they were before

she's my dead sister visits me at night but I'm never afraid she tells me that the blind woman is trying to find me at Killa and that she wants to kill me she is jealous of me but she can never find me there she must wait for the next lady Clan Fallen