ght of Monday-Tuesday, 3rd to 4th September.

Later, when the disease had become acute, and I was in the south of
England, living in hourly suspense, and receiving telegrams and letters
several times a day, another curious incident occurred which has a
bearing upon our subject.

As my readers are probably aware, in this sad and painful illness the
only proof of unselfish affection which one can give, may be to keep
away from the patient, when you know that all is being done for him that
skill and devotion can suggest. The smallest agitation is almost certain
to bring on a fresh attack of the terrible pain, and so long as there is
_any_ hope of a rally, or, in fact, any consciousness that can possibly
result in increased suffering, _everyone_ should be kept away from the
patient except those who are in actual and necessary attendance.

This naturally entails great mental distress and suffering upon those
who are living from hour to hour, in a state of tension and suspense.

After more than a fortnight of alternate hopes and fears, the position
became almost unendurable, and I was making all preparations for a visit
to the patient, or at least to the house where he lay (against my better
judgment), when letters and a telegram arrived imploring me not to come,
as a short visit from another relative had proved most disastrous in
bringing on another attack of the terrible pain; from which he never
really rallied.

Under these distressing circumstances, there could be but one course
open to me.

I was staying with my kind friends Admiral and Mrs Usborne Moore at this
sad time, and can never feel sufficiently grateful for their goodness
to me and sympathy with my distress.

The Admiral, as many of us know, is a most persevering student of
psychic science, and I think it was by his suggestion, or at anyrate
with his approval, that I determined to pay a visit to a lady of whom he
had spoken to me--Mrs Arnold, a daughter-in-law of Sir Edwin Arnold--who
is a gifted clairvoyant.

I went alone to the house, that she might not be able to connect me with
my host and hostess; and the interview was a remarkable one.

There were many evidential points given, which, for family reasons, it
is impossible to publish. She gave me the crystal ball to hold for a
good five minutes, in order that it might become impregnated by my
influence; and then she took it from me, and began making a series of
statements, without pausing for a mome