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''“Well,” said my father, “it actually is, you know.”''
''“But - ” I began again.''
''“Never mind arguing about it now,” my father interrupted me. “Wait till you see Rest-and-be-thankful; then you’ll understand. And take the look off your face! They’re not supposed to rattle chains or flap about wailing in misty sheets. All they do is come around sometimes when they happen to feel like it.”'' }}
A 1958 historical
▲A 1958 historical YA with supernatural elements by Elizabeth Marie Pope.
When Peggy Grahame's father dies, she is sent to the old family home, Rest-and-be-thankful, in upstate New York to live with her cantankerous uncle Enos. Upon her arrival, she soon encounters an English university student, Pat Thorne, who's doing research on his family's history in the area... as well as Rest-and-be-thankful's resident ghosts, her Revolutionary War-era ancestors.
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And the ghosts prove to be quite chatty. The four of them - Barbara Grahame, Richard Grahame, Eleanor Shipley, and Peaceable Drummond Sherwood - seek Peggy out over the course of several weeks to tell her each of their parts in the Grahame family's Revolution narrative. Their tale runs parallel to Peggy's own budding romance with Pat and helps her solve a little family mystery of her own.
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* [[Abduction Is Love]]: Kiiiiind of happens in a roundabout way; the abduction is accidental, polite, and kind of a rescue, and she quickly manages to get herself out of the situation. They do, however, fall in love.
* [[The American Revolution]]: The setting of the narrative provided by the ghosts.
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* [[Embarrassing First Name]]: Considering Peaceable's not the fondest of his own first name in the 18th century, it stands to reason that the embarrassment is compounded by the time we hit the contemporary sections and find that {{spoiler|Pat Thorne}} has inherited the aforementioned first name.
* [[Girl of My Dreams]]: after having a series of nitwits pushed on him by his uncle, Peaceable is rather disdainful towards women in general; he is somewhat startled to find that Barbara subverts all his expectations of her ''utterly''.
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* [[Gray Eyes]]: Barbara's pointedly referenced as having these, and certainly has the rational/stoic personality often associated.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Washington gets in a few scenes with Dick.
* [[My Sister Is Off
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* [[Plot Parallel]]: There are a few instances where Peggy's story echoes the one being told by her ancestors; occasionally she deliberately invokes it, like at the ball where she helps Pat avoid detection by using Peaceable's methods.
* [[Poisoned Chalice Switcheroo]]: Barbara pulls one of these maneuvers {{spoiler|against Peaceable}} in one of the most exciting scenes of the novel.
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