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Perhaps it is already plain to the modern mind that Mr. George Sinclair, though a Professor of Philosophy, was not a very sagacious character. Mr. Sinclair professes that his proofs of the existence of Devils "are no old wife's trattles about the fire, but such as may bide the test." He lived, one should remember, in an age when faith was really seeking aid from ghost stories.
Trattles!" cried Maitland, and his own voice sounded faint in his ears. "Mrs. Trattles!" The lady thus invoked answered with becoming modesty, punctuated by sniffs, from the other side of the door: "Yes, sir; can I do anything for you, sir?" "Call Dakyns, please," said Maitland, falling back on his pillow. "I don't feel very well." Dakyns appeared in due course.
"These are what Master Potts's royal authority would style 'mere old wives' trattles about the fire," observed Mistress Nutter, scornfully. "Better be over-credulous than over-sceptical," replied Potts. "Even at my lodging in Chancery Lane I have a horseshoe nailed against the door. One cannot be too cautious when one has to fight against the devil, or those in league with him.
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