The Treasure of Abbot Thomas: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

"The Treasure of Abbot Thomas" is a ghost story by British writer M.R. James. It was published in his book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904). 

The tale tells the story of the Rev. Justin Somerton, a scholar of Medieval history, who tells a rector the frightening tale of how, while searching an abbey library, he found clues leading him to the hidden treasure of a disgraced abbot. 

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