Mrs. Botherby's Story: The Leech Of Folkestone

Mrs. Botherby's Story: The Leech Of Folkestone is a gothic horror short story written by Thomas Ingoldsby. The story revolves around a wealthy widow, Mrs. Botherby, who invites a group of guests to her secluded mansion in the coastal town of Folkestone. During their stay, Mrs. Botherby shares a terrifying tale of a leech that haunted the town and preyed on its inhabitants. The leech was said to be a cursed creature that could not be killed and would continue to grow and feed on human blood until it became unstoppable. As the story progresses, the guests become increasingly disturbed by Mrs. Botherby's tale and begin to suspect that there may be more to it than just a simple ghost story. The Leech Of Folkestone is a chilling and suspenseful tale that will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very end.Meanwhile Master Thomas Marsh and his man Ralph were threading the devious paths--then, as now, most pseudonymously dignified with the name of roads--that wound between Marston Hall and the frontier of Romney Marsh. Their progress was comparatively slow; for, though the brown mare was as good a roadster as a man might back and the gelding no mean nag of his hands, yet the tracks, rarely traversed save by the rude wains of the day, miry in the 'bottoms, ' and covered with loose and rolling stones on the higher grounds, rendered barely passable the perpetual alternation of hill and valley.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original wor