The Girl at the Gate (Premium Episode Preview)
Drift Off - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Joanne D'Amico
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2022
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Content Warning: This story contains elements of the supernatural, death, ghosts and spirits.
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A gentle reading that is a not too scary ghost story called ‘The Girl at the Gate’ by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. This story reminds us of the invisible thread that connects the hearts of loved ones...and that even in death...this love connection is everlasting.
Music in this episode is 'Yes' by Sayuri Hayashi Egnell courtesy of https://www.epidemicsound.com/
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Joanne and you're listening to a bonus episode called The Girl at the Gate |
| 0:07.0 | by Lucy Maud Montgomery. |
| 0:10.3 | You can listen to the whole story and other episodes while enjoying ad-free listening |
| 0:15.2 | by becoming a premium member at driftoff.supercast.com or you can find the link in the show notes that's driftoff.supercast.com. |
| 0:28.6 | Tonight is a gentle reading called The Girl at the Gate by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. |
| 0:37.7 | This story reminds us of the invisible thread that connects the hearts of loved ones and |
| 0:43.9 | that even in death, this love connection is everlasting. |
| 0:50.0 | And so is always my friend settling comfortably under the covers. |
| 0:58.7 | Take a slow, comfortable breath and as you exhale, relax and let go. |
| 1:11.4 | Allow any tension to just melt away. |
| 1:18.7 | Letting your body sink deeper and deeper down into the softness of your bed. |
| 1:28.4 | There is nothing else to do and nowhere else to be. |
| 1:35.2 | So just lay back, relax and enjoy the story. |
| 1:45.8 | Something very strange happened the night old Mr. Lawrence died. |
| 1:51.2 | I have never been able to explain it and I have never spoken of it except to one person |
| 1:57.5 | and she said that I dreamed it. I did not dream it. |
| 2:02.0 | I saw and heard waking. We had not expected Mr. Lawrence to die then. |
| 2:09.6 | He did not seem very ill, not so nearly ill as he had been during his previous attack. |
| 2:17.4 | When we heard of his illness, I went over to the woodlands to see him, |
| 2:22.5 | for I had always been a great favorite with him. |
| 2:26.8 | The big house was quiet. The servants going about their work as usual without any |
| 2:33.2 | appearance of excitement. I was told that I could not see Mr. Lawrence for a little while. |
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