‘Did ye never hear of the Refrigerium? A man with your advantages might have read of it in Prudentius, not to mention Jeremy Taylor.’ ‘The name is familiar, Sir, but I’m afraid I’ve forgotten what it means.’ ‘It means that the damned have holidays—excursions, ye understand.’ ‘Excursions to this country?’ ‘For those that will take them. Of course most of the silly creatures don’t. They prefer taking trips back to Earth. They go and play tricks on the poor daft women ye call mediums. They go and try to assert their ownership of some house that once belonged to them: and then ye get what’s called
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