Original sentence: On 28 July 1900, four of the daughters of the rector reported seeing what they thought was the ghost of a nun from 40 yards' distance near the house in twilight: they tried to talk to it, but it disappeared as they got closer.. The local organist recalled that, at about that date, the family at the rectory were '... very convinced that they had seen an apparition on several occasions'
Edited sentence: On 28 July 1900, four of the daughters of the rector reported seeing what they thought was the ghost of a nun from 40 yards' distance near the house in twilight: they tried to talk to it, but it disappeared as they got closer.The local organist recalled that, at about that date, the family at the rectory were '... very convinced that they had seen an apparition on several occasions'