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though kept locked and boted opens Of it.
self and is then shut with a loud hollow
sounding bang. Those who summed up the
courage TO watch, claim TO have seen the
phantom Of Isabella steal TO the room and peep
through the slightly opened door and listen.
1t must be admitted that the old accounts
Of happenings in Berkeley Castle are some
times embroidered, but there is residue Of
fact or credible tradition that is Impressive
Isabella's ghost has been described in an
old chronicle tall, with dark hair. bcauti-
fully dressed and adorned with sparkling
jewels, are her white bosom and arms. Her
eyes the most striking feature of her
lovely face. Dark and deep, they have an
allurng slant under their pencllled eyebrows
But there IS also something terrifying
about her eyes. They reveal her demon soul
and CLEAN with an inhuman light-she is half
wolf
While she waits, bloodcurdling screams OF
agony are said 10 come from the bedroom and
cries of For Gods sake don't Oh, please,
please" Whereupon the Queen claps her
jewoled hands with gee and urges the muir
derers not to spare him.
Then one last awful shrek rings through
the Castle, succeeded by significant silence.
The door of the room opens and the muir
derers come out, their faces convulsed with
wicked glee. AS they stand chattering with
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gradually to issue from the three persons
Throwing back their heads they give peal
after peal Of diabohcal laughter and sud
denly vanish.
The last time these manifestations are
said 10 have occurred was shortly before the
death of the late Earls predecessor while the
family was absent from the Castle They
were then experienced by certain members of
the household who were brave enough TO
venture INTO the haunted wing
1t is an odd feature Of the hauntings that
they seldom occur when the owner Of the
Castle is at home. So loud arc the ghostly
screams said TO be that they can be heard
in the neighboring village, sounding even
above a storm and causing all the dogs both
in the Castle and anywhere near to howl.
There is another fearful ghost that haunts
Berkeley Castle During the Wars Of the
Roses Lord Isle and his cousin Lord Rerke-
ley disputed day at the Castle as 10 the
ownership Of certain local property The dis
pute eventually resulted in n sanguinary
pitched battle
Lord Isle and some of his retainers met
Berkeley and his followers on a nearby spot
called Nibey Green. During the battle Berke-
ley forced Isle To his knees and cut off his
head. Ever since then Isles ghost is said
To haunt not only Nihlev Green but the in
terror and grounds Of Berkeley Castle
Here Is one recorded account Of its ap-
pcarancc: ON "A hot summer afternoon one
of the Castle gardeners, overcome by the
heat fell asleep. lie awokc with a violent
start TO feel cold hand on his head. Opening
his eyes he received shock that affected
him for days afterwards, for standing in front
OF him was a gigantic figure in shining
armor but with no head. Where the head
should have been was a spherical, greenish-
yellow light. Two other gardeners saw the
ghost.
ON another occasion a maid-scrvant was
ascending a narrow staircase leading to an