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The Alleged Haunting of B—— House by Various
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Miss "N." left. The following is the record of her
impressions:--

"_March 4th._--You ask me to write exactly what I felt in No. 3
when I slept there on March 1st. Well, it is rather difficult to
describe! I never felt frightened out of my wits at nothing
before, if it _was_ nothing. I certainly saw no shadows or
figures, and the only noise I heard was the thud twice, which
sounded as if it came from the storey below. If I shut my eyes
for a minute I felt as if I was struggling with something
invisible (not indigestion, as I never have it!). I was so
paralysed that I _dare_ not call out to Miss Langton, and lay
awake from twelve to three without moving! In the morning, of
course, I felt I had been a fool to be so silly, and I would go
and sleep there again to-night if I had the chance."

Mrs. B. C---- came. She is an Associate S.P.R., is a Highlander,
has been all her life interested in psychical matters, but has
had no "experience."

Mr. "Endell," Miss Moore, and I sat up in No. 3 till about 2.30
in the dark, except for the firelight, and in silence, except
when any one wished to draw the attention of the rest to sounds
or sensations. There were no sounds for which, on reflection, we
found it impossible to account. Mr. "Endell" suffered, as on
previous occasions, from the sensation known as "cold-air," and
very visibly shivered, though clearly not in the least nervous.
He is keenly interested in psychical inquiry, but has never had
any "experience" other than subjective sympathy with the psychic
impressions of others, or a consciousness, such as he described
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