On receiving this message I felt that the case was a genuine one, and that I did know a Dr. A. precisely as described. And I also gradually remembered that he had lost a son at sea, though I did not know the son. But I felt that I must wait for further particulars before broaching what might be an unpalatable subject to Dr. A. (_End of extract from 28 January 1916._) Ultimately I did receive further particulars as narrated above, and so a month later I did go to call on the old Doctor, after the ice had been broken by Mrs. D.,--who in some trepidation had made a special journey for the purpose, and then nearly came away without opening the subject,--and I verified the trance description of his house which Mrs. D. had received and sent me. Indeed, all the facts stated turned out to be true. * * * * * The sitting of 3 March, now being reported, and interrupted by this quotation from a previous sitting, went on thus:-- He took his mother some red roses, and he wants you to tell her. He took them to her from the spirit world, they won't materialise, but I gathered some and took them to her. This isn't a test, father. O. J. L.--No. Very well, you just want her to know. I will tell her. (A little talk omitted.) O. J. L.--Do you want to say anything about the other two people that you helped--last Monday, I think it was? [The Sonnenscheins; still only known to Mrs. Leonard as a lady and gentleman from Darlington.] No, there's nothing much to tell you about that, or about them. But he brought a son to them. He stood on one side so as not to take any of the power. He just came at first to show Feda it was all right, and he just came in at the end to send his love. O. J. L.--Why did he help those particular people? [I knew why, but I thought proper to ask, since from the medium's point of view there was no reason at all.] He says he had to. They have been worrying about whether their son had suffered much pain before he passed on. There seems to have been some uncertainty about as to whether he had or not. His body wasn't recovered as soon as it ought to have been. But he didn't suffer much. He was numbed, and didn't as a matter of fact feel much. He throwed up his arms, and rolled down a bank place. [Christopher Sonnenschein was killed by falling down a snow mountain, and his body was not recovered for five days.] O. J. L.--Did you know these people before? Yes. He says, yes. But he won't tell Feda who they is. O. J. L.--Does he want to send them any message? He says nothing further has come out, except that he is getting on very well, and that he was pleased. You might tell them that he is happier now. Yes, he is, since he seed them.