The Horror of M.R. James: Lost Hearts & A School Story
Dark Histories
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Samson's Watch Chain
"I got to know very well Samson, not an exceptional boy in any way. He was a tallish stoutish pale black bearded man I think we liked him he had traveled a good deal and had stories which amused us on our school walks" "One odd thing that happened was this Samson was doing Latin grammar with us one of his favorite methods Perhaps it's rather a good one was to make us construct sentences out of our own heads," she writes. 'Some kicked him under the desk and I who was next to him poked him and whispered to him to look sharp but he didn't seem to attend'
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