Midnight draws near. The seance is adjourned. MM. Antoniadi and Mathieu then declare that the control with which they were charged has not been successful, and that they are not sure that they have always had hold of the medium's hands. Report of M. Antoniadi (_The Same Seance_) I shall give you an exact account of the role I played, that I may gratify your desire to know the truth. I restricted myself to ascertaining whether there was _a single phenomenon_ which could not be explained in the most simple manner, and I arrived at the conclusion that there was not. I assure you, on my word of honor, that my watchful, silent attitude _convinced me, beyond all manner of doubt, that everything is fraudulent, from the beginning to the end_; that there is no doubt that Eusapia shifts her hands or her feet, and that the hand or the foot that one is thought to control is never held tight or very strongly pressed at the moment of the production of the phenomena. My certain conclusion is that _nothing_ is produced without the substitution of hands. I ought to add that, at first, I was very much astonished when I was hit hard in the back, from behind the curtain, while I was very clearly holding _two hands_ with my right hand. Happily, however, at this moment, Mme. Flammarion having given us a little light, I saw that I held the _right_ hand of Eusapia and--yours! The substitution is made by Eusapia with extraordinary dexterity. In order to ascertain it, I was obliged to concentrate my mind upon her very slightest movements with the severest attention. But it is the first step that costs; and, once familiarized with her artifices, I predicted with decision _all_ the phenomena by the sensation of touch alone. Being a good observer, I am absolutely certain that I was not deceived. I was neither hypnotized, nor was I at all frightened during the "bringing in" of objects. And, as I am not a lunatic, I believe that a certain weight should be given to my affirmations. It is true that, during the seance, I was not sincere, disguising the truth of the efficacy of my control. I did that with the sole purpose of making Eusapia think that I was a convert to Spiritualism. I did this to _avoid scandal_. But, once the sitting was over, the Truth choked me, and I was most eager to communicate it to my great benefactor and official superior. It is not prudent to be too affirmative. It is for that reason that I have always been reserved in my interpretation of natural phenomena. Consequently, I am unable to be so terribly affirmative as to take oath to the absolute charlatanism of the manifestations of Eusapia, before, as Shakespeare says, I have "rendered assurance doubly sure."