“March 25th.—­Last night I felt my bed shake, as if some one had taken it in both hands, but as there was a high wind, I did not take much notice of this.  I have had my bed shaken violently in that room once before, however, when there was no wind at all.”

   Mr. MacP——­ and Captain B——­ left.  The only phenomenon to be
   noted under this date is the following record by Miss Langton:—­

“I heard a loud thump at the door of communication between Nos. 1 and 2 when dressing for dinner, but on going into No. 1 found it quite empty.  A curious point about these noises is that the knocks on the door between Nos. 1 and 2 have been audible in this room, No. 2 (in my experience) only when No. 1 is empty, and in No. 1 only when No. 2 is empty.”

   March 26th, Friday.

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   Miss “Duff” writes on the same day:—­

“As I was talking to Miss Langton at the door of her room (No. 2) on my way to dress for dinner, a double bang on the door came from the inside of room No. 1, which was the one Captain B——­ had occupied, and where he had heard nothing.  At the same moment Miss Langton called out that there had been a bang on the door between her room and No. 1.  For a moment I hesitated to go in, but a housemaid came down the corridor at that moment to see what the noise was she had heard, and we investigated together, but to no purpose.”

   Miss Langton writes further under this date:—­

“I heard three distinct bangs at the lower part of the door of my room leading into the corridor.  I described it to myself as a person coming along the corridor towards No. 2, walking in an unsteady way, and as if he could not see where he was going, and then walking straight against the door of my room and banging his foot against it.  Miss ‘Duff’ this morning acted at our request as I have just described, and the noise she made was an exact reproduction of what I heard last night.  The bang occurred at three intervals—­at 11.35, 11.45, and 11.50.”

   March 27th, Saturday.—­Mr. ——­ and Miss “Duff” left.  Miss
   Langton and I are now alone.

   Miss “Duff” was undisturbed last night.

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There was very little wind last night, as I happen to know in the following connection.  Carter twice over, about 11.30 and again after midnight, heard the sounds of reading, which she imitated to me this morning—­like the monotoning of a psalm.  She called out to two other maids to listen, and all three heard it.  She felt sure it was not the wind or the pipes.  Both the gardener and the gamekeeper say it was a very quiet night.

March 28th, Sunday.—­As it had been suggested that practical joking or