"I called in Sir William Jenner, but in six days he was a dead
man. There were two male nurses attending him; one had been
taken ill. But when I saw the other the dream of the Duchess
was exactly represented. He was standing near a bath over the
Earl, and, strange to say, his beard was red. There was the
bath with the red lamp over it, it is rather rare to find a
bath with a red lamp over it, and this brought the story to my
mind.
"The vision seen by the Duchess was told two weeks before the
death of Lord L----. It is a most remarkable thing. This
account, written in 1888, has been revised by the late Duke of
Manchester, father of the Duchess of Hamilton, who heard the
vision from his daughter on the morning after she had seen it.
"MARY HAMILTON.
"ALFRED COOPER."
Mr Myers adds:
"The Duchess only knew Lord L---- by sight, and had not heard
that he was ill. She knew she was not asleep, for she opened
her eyes to get rid of the vision, and, shutting them, saw the
same thing again.
"An independent and concordant account has been given to me (F.
W. H. M.) orally by a gentleman to whom the Duchess related the
dream on the morning after its occurrence."
One of the most interesting and well-authenticated cases of dreams
foretelling a death is that of Mr Fred Lane, understudy to that popular
actor the late William Terriss. His statement is as follows:--
"Adelphi Theatre,
"December 20th, 1897.
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