Many thanks to everyone who responded to my query about ghosts.
Another query in the same field: in several stories, Kipling refers
to "looking in the inkpool". It occurs in "Finest Story Ever Told", I
think it is in the "House of Suddhoo" and I noticed it last night
towards the end of "Kim".
Is there any ethno-ghostly explanation about this, or was this
Kipling just trying to create atmosphere?
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Professor Tim Connell
Division of Languages
Room E4.28 Drysdale Building
City University, London EC1V OHB
Tel: 0171-477 8265 Fax: 0171-477 8266
Homepage: http://www.city.ac.uk/languages
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