“I remember everything about it—with an effort. I see it all, as divers see what is going on above them, through a medium, dense, rippling, but transparent.”

— J. Sheridan Le Fanu , book Carmilla

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Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels 1814–1873

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“I remember everything about it—with an effort. I see it all, as divers see what is going on above them, through a medium, dense, rippling, but transparent.”

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