GATHEREDINMEDIUMANDTHATGOESINTOTABLEANDWEMANIPULATE, which was part of another. Neither could be readily followed if called out slowly letter by letter. Still, the family were naturally and properly sceptical about it all. Accordingly, my sons devised certain questions in the nature of tests, referring to trivial matters which they thought would be within Raymond's recollection, but which had happened to them alone during summer excursions or the like, and so were quite outside my knowledge. They gave me a few written questions, devised in conclave in their own room; and on 12 October I took them to London with me in a sealed envelope, which I opened in the train when going up for a sitting; and after the sitting had begun I took an early opportunity of putting the questions it contained. We had already had (on 28 September, reported in last chapter) one incident of a kind unknown to us, in the name 'Norman,' but they wanted more of the same or of a still more marked kind. I think it will be well to copy the actual contemporary record of this part of the sitting in full:-- _Second Table Sitting of O. J. L. and M. F. A. L. with Mrs. Leonard, 12 October 1915, 5.30 p. m._ _Present._--O. J. L., M. F. A. L., K. K., WITH DR. KENNEDY AS RECORDER At the beginning of the sitting O. J. L. explained that they were now engaged in trying to get distinct and crucial evidence; that preparations had been made accordingly; and that no doubt those on the other side approved, and would co-operate. A pause of three and a half minutes then ensued, and the table gave a slow tilt. O. J. L.--Is Paul there? YES. O. J. L.--Have you brought Raymond? YES. O. J. L.--Are you there, Raymond? YES. O. J. L. (after M. F. A. L. had greeted him).--Well now, look here, my boy, I have got a few questions which your brothers think you will know something about, whereas to me they are quite meaningless. Their object is to make quite sure that we don't unconsciously help in getting the answers because we know them. In this case that is impossible, because nobody here knows the answers at all. Do you understand the object? YES. O. J. L.--Very well then, shall I begin? NO. O. J. L.--Oh! You want to say something yourself first? YES. O. J. L.--Very well then, the alphabet. TELLTHEMINOWTRYTOPROVEIHAVEMESSAGESTOTHEWORLD. [Taking these long messages down is rather tedious, and it is noteworthy that the sitters lose their way sooner or later--I had no idea what was coming or whether it was sense--but of course when it is complete the recorder can easily interpret, and does so.] O. J. L.--Is that the end of what you want to say yourself? YES.