The news of the death of Mme. Simon was only known at the hospital nine hours later.

The Leader—­Allahabad, 12th February 1913.

Much more wonderful than all this is the story of “The Astral Lady” which appeared in one of the English Magazines a few months ago.  In that case an English medical gentleman saw the Astral Lady in a first class railway compartment in England.  Only accidentally he discovered the body of a lady nearly murdered and concealed under one of the seats.  His medical help and artificial respiration and stimulants brought her round, and then the doctor saw the original of the Astral Lady in the recovered girl.  Well—­well—­wonderful things do happen sometimes.

The phenomenon mentioned in this chapter as the professor’s experience is not new.  Mr. Justice Norman of the Calcutta High Court saw his mother while sitting in court one day and others saw her too.  A few hours later his Lordship received a telegram informing him of her death at the moment when he had seen her in court.  This was in broad daylight.  Unlike the professor the judge did not even know that his mother was ill.

The fact that immediately after death the dead person appears to some one near and dear to him has been vouched for by others whose veracity and intelligence cannot be questioned.

The appearance of Miss Orme after her death at Mussoorie to Miss Mounce-Stephen in Lucknow was related in the Allahabad High Court during the trial of the latter lady for the murder of the former.  This is on the record of the case.  This case created a good deal of interest at the time.

Similar to what has been described above is the experience of Lord Brougham.

An extract from his memoirs is as follows:—­“A most remarkable thing happened to me.  So remarkable that I must tell the story from the beginning.  After I left the High School (i.e. Edinburgh) I went with G——­ my most intimate friend, to attend the classes of the University.

“There was no divinity class, but we frequently in our walks discussed many grave subjects—­among others—­the Immortality of the soul and a future state.  This question and the possibility of the dead appearing to the living were subjects of much speculation, and we actually committed the folly of drawing up an agreement, written with our blood, to the effect that whichever of us died the first should appear to the other and thus solve the doubts we had entertained of the life after death.

“After we had finished our classes at the college, G——­ went to India having got an appointment in the Civil Service there.  He seldom wrote to me and after the lapse of a few years, I had nearly forgotten his existence.  One day I had taken a warm bath, and, while lying in it enjoying the heat, I turned my head round, looking towards the chair on which I had deposited my clothes, as I was about to get out of the bath.  On the chair sat