The Gory Hand of Glory & The Swashbuckling Ghost

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If The Devil in the Fireplace is the original story, but the inn only opened in 1643 and the doubled salt tax happened around 1696, then that only leaves around half a century for the story to have evolved from devil to excise officer. In the words of the dread pirate Roberts, that doesn't leave much time for dilly-dallying. Of course, 50 years is still a decent stretch, so it is possible.