At this date the room was usually considerably darkened for a sitting; but even partial darkness was unnecessary, and was soon afterwards dispensed with, especially as it interfered with easy reading of music at the piano. _Table Sitting in the Drawing-room at Mariemont, Thursday, 2 March 1916, about 6 p.m._ _Sitters_--LADY LODGE, NORAH, and WOODIE; later, HONOR _Report by Miss F. A. Wood_ As it was the first time that I had ever been at a sitting of any kind, I shall put down the details as fully as I can remember them. The only light in the room was from the gas-fire, a large one, so that we could see each other and things in the room fairly distinctly; the table used at this time was a rather small octagonal one, though weighty for its size, with strong centre stem, supported on three short legs, top like a chess-board. Lady Lodge sat with her back to window looking on to drive, Norah with back to windows looking on to tennis-lawn, and I, Woodie, had my back to the sofa. As we were about to sit down, Lady Lodge said: "We always say a little prayer first." I had hoped that she intended to pray aloud for us all, but she did it silently, so I did the same, having been upstairs before and done this also. For some time nothing whatever happened. I only felt that the table was keeping my hands extremely cold. After about half an hour, Lady Lodge said: "I don't think that anyone is coming to-night; we will wait just a little longer, and then go." LADY LODGE.--Is anyone here to-night to speak to us? Do come if you can, because we want to show Woodie what a sitting is like. Raymond, dear, do you think you could come to us? (No answer.) During the half-hour before Lady Lodge asked any questions I had felt every now and then a curious tingling in my hands and fingers, and then a much stronger drawing sort of feeling through my hands and arms, which caused the table to have a strange intermittent trembling sort of feeling, though it was not a movement of the _whole_ table. Another 'feeling' was as if a 'bubble' of the table came up, and tapped gently on the palm of my left hand. At first I only felt it once; after a short interval three times; then a little later about twelve times. And once (I shall not be able to explain this) I felt rather than heard a faint tap in the centre of the table (away from people's hands).