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SECOND SIGHT AND APPARITIONS 145
cause of the agitation.
When she was told she did
not seem at all surprised.
"Oh, yes," she said, "many people see that,
but I've never seen it myself. It is a father and son
who fought in that corner about 200 years ago, and
some who come see them fighting still!"
The Vision of a Monk
We went upstairs into the fine library, with its
lovely views all over the Eden valley, and Lady C
sat down at the end of the table in the Speaker's
He was away at the time.
usual seat.
"Whatever is that young man doing by the door?"
she said to me.
' '
" I asked.
What young man ?
"Why, don't you see him in that brown cloak?
He looks like a monk, and he keeps putting his hand
out to the wall as if he were trying to take books out
of it."
"No," I said, "I see nothing." So I went to the
lady, who was standing at the other end of the room
and told her of the apparition.
"Oh, yes," she said, "that's a young monk who
lived here a long time ago. I'll show you his portrait
in the next room. People often see him. He's
taking books off the shelf. There used to be bookshelves
right up to the door where he is standing,
but they've long been taken away."
The Gift of Second Sight
Here, then, are interesting cases of clairvoyance
personally known to me. I may say that Lady C
has the gift of "second sight," and is a clever and