Kukumana kwaphokoso ndi Brown Lady wa Raynham Hall

A Captain Frederick Marryat anali kudziwa za mizukwa yomwe imalumikizidwa ndi a Raynham Hall. Woyang'anira ku English Royal Navy komanso wolemba mabuku angapo odziwika bwino panyanja amakhala ku Raynham mu 1836.

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Ngakhale anali wokayika, Marryat adanenetsa kuti agone mchipinda chanyumba momwemo, mphekesera, mzimu wa a Dorothy Walpole amakhulupirira kuti akuwonekera. Lady Walpole anali m'modzi mwa anthu omwe anali m'holoyo kale ndipo panali chithunzi cha iye atapachikidwa mchipinda chotchedwa chopanda alendo. Ananenedwa kuti ndikuwala kandulo, maso ake amawoneka kuti amayang'anitsitsa aliyense wopusa kuti agone komweko.

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Dona Dorothy Walpole

Marryat anali atagona ndi mfuti pansi pa mtsamiro wake kuti mwina phantom yoopsa iwonetseke ngakhale kuti pakadali pano mzimuwo walephera. Komabe pa usiku wachitatu, zonse zidasintha. Onse pabanjapo atagona, Kaputeni anali kubwerera kwawo m'chipinda chomwe amati chinali ndi anthu ambiri, akuyenda pansi panjira yopanda kuwala ndi mfuti yake yodalirika.

Mwadzidzidzi adawona kuwala kowopsa kumapeto ena apanjirayo. Pomwe idakulirakulira kwa iye, Marryat adatha kuzindikira kuti kuwalako kumachokera nyali yonyamulidwa ndi mawonekedwe achikazi achinsinsi. Atangovala zovala zake zokha, Captain adaganiza zobisala kuseri kwa chitseko cha chipinda choyandikana. Komabe, anali ndi chidwi chofuna kudziwa kuti mkaziyu ndi ndani, choncho adaganiza zomuyang'ana podutsa pakhomo.

Chiwerengerocho chitakhala chobisalira pobisalira Marryat, adayimilira mwadzidzidzi ndipo, ngati kuti akudziwa kuti akuyang'aniridwa, pang'onopang'ono adatembenuka kuti akumane ndi wowonayo. Marryat amakhoza kuwona kuti mkazi wachilendo uyu anali atavala diresi labulawuni ndipo pamene adakweza nyali mokweza kumaso kwake, Kaputeni adadabwitsidwa ndi mantha pomwe mayi wodabwitsayu, wosawoneka bwino akumwetulira pa zomwe amamufotokoza kuti ndi wankhanza komanso wamanyazi. Izi zidakwiyitsa Kaputeni ndipo adadumpha kuchokera komwe adabisala ndikutulutsa mfuti yake mwa mayiyo. Chipolopolocho chidadutsa pomwepo ndikuwonekera pakhomo lina pafupi. Mzimuwo panthawiyi unatha.

Raynham Hall ndi nyumba yabwino kwambiri ku Norfolk, England. Ili pafupi ndi tawuni ya Fakenham ndipo ndiye mpando wabanja la Townshend. Ndi mizukwa ingapo, Raynham ali ndi mbiri yayitali pazomwe amachita padziko lapansi. Wotchuka kuti amanyansidwa ndi holo ya 17th century ndi wolamulira wa Duke waku Monmouth ndi ana ena achinyengo. Komabe mzimu wotchuka kwambiri ndi wa Dorothy Walpole, Brown Lady wa Raynham Hall.

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Raynham Hall

Captain Marryat sanali yekhayo amene adawona a Brown Lady a Raynham Hall. A Colonel Loftus ndi mnzake Hawkins adakumananso ndi zoopsa atakhala ku holo. Usiku wina Loftus mwadzidzidzi adawona mzimayi atatsika. Sanamuzindikire ndipo atapita kukafufuza, nthawi yomweyo anasowa.

Atachita chidwi, a Colonel adayang'anitsitsa usiku wotsatira ndipo anali ndi mwayi atawonekeranso mayi wodabwitsayo. Komabe atamuyandikira, adadzidzimuka atawona kuti pali mabowo akuda awiri okha pomwe maso a mayiyo amayenera kukhala. Loftus adalemba sewero la phantom yoopsa ndipo kafukufuku adayambitsidwa, ngakhale izi sizinaphule kanthu.

Zowoneka kuti zochititsa chidwi kwambiri zinali mu 1936, patatha zaka zana kuchokera pamene a Captain Marryat adakumana ndi a Brown Lady. Ojambula awiri aku London anali akujambula ku Raynham Hall kuti akawonetsedwe m'magazini ya Country Life. Iwo anali akuyika kamera yawo pansi pa masitepe pomwe m'modzi wa iwo mwadzidzidzi adawona chithunzi chosavomerezeka chovala masitepe. Adadziwitsa womuthandizira ndipo mwamunayo adatenga chithunzi. Chithunzicho chikuwonetsa mawonekedwe achikazi olakwika akutsika pamasitepe akulu a oak.

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Brown Lady wa Raynham Hall, chithunzi chodzinenera cha Captain Hubert C. Provand. Choyamba chofalitsidwa mu magazini ya Country Life, 1936

Chiyambire kutulutsidwa mu Country Life ya Disembala 26th 1936, kutsimikizika kwa chithunzichi kwatsutsidwa mwamphamvu pakati pa okhulupirira ndi okayikira zamatsenga. Msasa wakalewo umalengeza kuti ndi umboni wotsimikiza kuti kuli mizukwa pomwe omaliza akukayikira kuti kanemayo adasokonezedwa. Mwanjira iliyonse, chithunzi chodziwika bwino sichinasinthidwe bwino.

Ngati mumakonda kuwerenga izi, pitani Pano kuti muwerengenso nkhani zina zochititsa chidwi kuchokera kwa wolemba Ben Wright.