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The Tractate Middoth
ghost story by M.R. James
For the A Ghost Story for Christmas film, see The Tractate Middoth (film). For the tenth Mishnahic tractate of the Order of Kodashim, see Middot (Talmud).
“The Tractate Middoth” is a short ghost story by British author M.
R. James. It was published in in More Ghost Stories, James's second collection of ghost stories.
The tractate middoth mark gatiss biography
Plot
Mr. Garrett, an employee of a university library, searches for a Mishnaic tractate for an impatient library patron named John Eldred. While searching, he encounters a black-clad clergyman who also seems interested in the book.
The clergyman's appearance–his head appears to be enshrouded in cobwebs and he smells of mould and dust–causes Garrett a severe shock and he faints.
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He is sent home to recover and later decides to recuperate at the seaside.
On the train to his destination, he meets the elderly Mrs. Simpson and her daughter, proprietors of a boarding house who offer him lodgings. Over the course o