the girl in the black dress.

"and in a rustle of delicate black fabric, dark brown curls, and the patter of boots that sounded like a melody, she was gone. and he stood there, shocked, drained paler than his usual ghastly tone. he turns to you, the reader, his mouth agape, unable to ask you if she was real and full of agonizing anticipation at the pain he was certainly yet to feel because of this cruel joke." || ???