Chapter Four:
~of exorcising and surprises~
"Where are we off too now?" asked Sybil, as the group made their way back towards Downton.
"We're going to Mary and Matthew's room to exorcise the ghost." He said, as though he were commenting on the weather.
"Oh." They made their way up the stairs, and thankfully didn't meet anyone on their way. Once they were all in, the Doctor took out a book he had in his coat and started reading.
"Do you have any herbs we can burn?" He asked Mary. She shot him a questioning glance before going over to her dresser and pulling out a stick of lavender.
"Since when did you have that?" Asked Matthew. Mary shrugged,
"Wedding present." She replied.
"NOW!" Interrupted the Doctor, "We are first going to wave this stick around, once we light it, then we're all joining hands in a circle."
"That's specific." Said Clara, raising an eyebrow.
"I'm following instructions. Which, I might add, I normally don't do."
"I've noticed." She muttered. The Doctor lit the herbs and began waving it around the room, before setting it down and gesturing everyone to hold hands. Mary sighed heavily, before grabbing Matthew and Sybil's hands and joining the circle. The six people stood in silence for a moment before Tom spoke up,
"Um, Hello spirit. We, my friends and I, were wondering if you could show yourself? And then leave, if you wouldn't mind…" There was a soft whooshing noise before a woman appeared in the middle of the circle. She stood silently and still and it took the group a moment before they recognized her. Because standing before them was a figure they had all seen before,
Edith Crawley.
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