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Woman in Black, Susan Hill 50%

Ghost story, but I'm 50% into it and so far I have all atmosphere and very little plot.  Perhaps there is going to be something about the drowning in quicksand of a child and an adult.  Woman who lives in creepy, but intriguing, old house has died. Lawyer goes out to clean up the estate.  The house can only be reached at certain low tides, so he needs to stay there.

Woman in Black at the funeral, but only lawyer sees her.
Child going down in quicksand, but lawyer believes (after a while) that this is also a ghost.

Townspeople seem to expect him to see ghosts.  No one goes near the old lady's house. No one attends her funeral.  There is a story here
 Problem is it's taking a long time to get to the story.

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