of any one unacquainted with the very rare Order to which Mother Frances Helen belonged.  To make further investigation into the history of all the Sisters who ever stayed at B——­ through the kindness of the late Mr. S——­ would have been a task impossible for its vastness, and almost certainly futile through the natural reticence of their communities with regard to any matters likely to occasion haunting.

March 1st (continued), Monday.—­I went up the burn for the first time since my accident on Saturday, February 20th.  We had had a promise from Ouija on Sunday that if Mr.  “Endell” were to visit the copse with me after 6.30 he would be touched on the left shoulder.  He was told to go to the farther side of the burn, and to stand under the sapling, which is at some little distance from the spot where the phantasm usually appears.  This we accordingly did.  I was barely able in the dusk to distinguish the figure from my post on the west bank, but the phantasm appeared very near him, as I could distinguish the white pocket-handkerchief in his breast pocket.  I saw her hand approach this, but could not positively say that it touched him.  Mr.  “Endell” saw nothing, and could not positively say that he felt a touch, though conscious of a sense of sudden chill, and agreed with me that had he certainly felt one, he would probably have considered it the effect of expectation.  We stood there for perhaps ten minutes, and he was for a short time conscious of the subjective sensations which he commonly feels in the presence of phenomena.  We returned simultaneously to the avenue, where we discussed the occurrence and the possibilities of making it evidential.  The only thing we could think of was to send for Miss Langton, and without telling her anything of what we had seen or expected, ascertain whether she saw the phantasm in its usual position (high up on the bank), or a good deal farther to the left, and nearer the burn, as I had done.  By the time she arrived it was much darker, but she saw the figure under the tree by the brook, and described it as “kneeling.”  She has better sight than I, and believed it to be behind Mr.  “Endell.”  I should have judged her to be crouching or stooping in front of him, but judging from comparison of our normal sight, she is much more likely to be accurate than I.

Mr.  “Endell’s” separately recorded account, dated March 5, exactly agrees with this, but adds some additional touches to the latter part.

“At Miss Freer’s suggestion, I fetched Miss Langton, telling her nothing of what had occurred, but merely that we were trying an experiment, and she was to report what she saw.

“I stood again under the sapling.  This time I began to shudder almost immediately.  It was so dark they told me that they could only see my collar though I was only ten yards from them.

“Miss Langton said that thirty seconds after I had taken up my position, the figure appeared behind me a little to my left, and seemed to raise its arm.  Miss Freer said it was waiting for me, and touched me as before.