[wizardoz]

About twenty seconds later, a little white Bible that stood in the bookcase came shooting straight out and landed on the floor about eighteen inches away. It didn't drop out. It literally leaped out, as if someone had tied a string to it, and given the string a yank.

And by about twenty seconds after that, I'd be in the next county.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

And by about twenty seconds after that, I'd be in the next county.

I immediately crawled into bed with my wife. However, I don't think I had anything to fear from that particular ghost--supposing he was my old school friend. We always got along fairly well. He got in with a bad crowd after high school, which led to his death, so perhaps he was trying to tell me something!