Chapter II: SOUTH PARADE, YORK, March 22nd, 1871

"DEAR MR. BARING-GOULD,

"I promised to send you an account of the ghost at Holy Trinity,
Micklegate, and I now forward you the enclosed, written by a friend
on whose word you may perfectly rely.

"I heard another account a few days ago from a lady who saw it on
Sunday, the 19th February last. She described the figure--for she
saw only one--as being dressed in a shining white garment, and says
that it crossed the east window twice, with a slightly 'skipping'
step. It appeared to be outside the church, as she saw it
distinctly through the stained glass.

"I have never seen it myself, though I have been several times to
the church.

"There are four lights in the east window, and the glass of the two
central lights is of a darker tint than that in the side ones.
There are, however, narrow panes of transparent glass in each of
the lights, so that a person passing across the window outside
could be distinctly seen by anyone sitting in the west gallery.

"The sill of the east window is about five feet from the ground
outside, and about seven feet from the pavement inside; about ten
yards from the east wall separating the churchyard from a private
garden.

"Yours very truly,

"R. T."

This is the enclosure alluded to by my friend "R. T.":--