CHAPTER V.

The Terrors of a Solitary House -- Sense of Insecurity which a Townsman feels in a Solitary House at Night -- Wide Difference in our Feeling of such a Place by Day and by Night -- Nervous Fancies excited by them on Stormy Nights -- Decrease of Burglaries and Highway Robberies through Modern Improvements -- Noble Defence of his House by Colonel Purcell -- Attack of the House of a Welsh Gentleman, Mr. Powell, and his Murder -- Fact related by a Minister of the Society of Friends -- Sturdy Rogues -- Fright of an Old Gentleman with one -- Cowardice inspired by living in a Solitary House -- Superstitions generated by such Places -- Concluding Remarks 139