卷七 缢鬼

范5678生345者宿于jkl旅xyz1，食后烛lmno而假寐3567。忽一婢_ghi来vwxy，袱衣789a置^abcd椅mnop上opqr，klm又有镜cdef奁iklm揥箧uvwx，_rstu一_wxy一₂₃₄列案头_hij，^stuv乃z012去。^89ab俄fghi一lmno少妇自3456房yz0中出，发箧开789a奁，对oprs镜栉_rstu掠^xyz0；_z01已₇₈₉而髻，已^vwxy而簪123，顾影_lmno徘z012徊甚₀₁₂久。前婢_nop来2345，进匜沃_def盥。盥已捧帨ghij，_ghi既，_stuv持沐汤ghij去。^lmno妇解襆出裙ghjk帔，uvwx炫然新abcd制，就fgh着之。掩efgh衿提领，结tuv束周至。范wxyz不_rst语_z01，中_9ab心疑怪，谓必奔妇pqrt，将^vwxy严wxy装bcde以678就客_mnop也。妇装讫，_hij出长带3467，⁶⁷⁸⁹垂诸梁而z012结焉6789。^abcd讶之。tuvw妇从容89ab跂hijk双opqr弯，引颈受缢mnop。方一着带，目即合，眉78ab即竖，舌出z012吻¹²³⁴二₃₄₅₆寸许，颜色_tuv惨变bcde如fgij鬼。大骇4567奔出，_cde呼告主人，^789a验之已渺。^z012主₀₁₂人356曰^fghi：“_opq曩子妇经于是stuv，毋乃此乎？_jklm”wxyz异哉9abc！abcd即死犹_ijk作其_wxy状xyz，此何opqr说xyz0也？

异史氏_cdef曰：_mno“冤之极₇₈₉而至于_qrst自尽，苦矣^lmno！然yz01前tuv为人而_def不rstu知，qst后_xyz为鬼而^klmn不觉，_xyz1所最难堪者_pqrs，^yz01束装结带时耳。3456故xy0死efgh后顿忘klm其他_xyz，而独于此际_uvw此境，犹fgh历历一作，是其^nopq所极^xyz0不³⁴⁵⁶忘者也。”