It may be objected that my own general appearance is known or might be guessed. But that does not apply to members of my family, who went quite anonymously to private sittings kindly arranged for by a friend in London (Mrs. Kennedy, wife of Dr. Kennedy), who was no relation whatever, but whose own personal experience caused her to be sympathetic and helpful, and who is both keen and critical about evidential considerations. I may state, for what it is worth, that as a matter of fact normal clues to identity are disliked, and, in so far as they are gratuitous, are even resented, by a good medium; for they are no manner of use, and yet subsequently they appear to spoil evidence. It is practically impossible for mediums to hunt up and become normally acquainted with the family history of their numerous sitters, and those who know them are well aware that they do nothing of the sort, but in making arrangements for a sitting it is not easy, unless special precautions are taken, to avoid giving a name and an address, and thereby appearing to give facilities for fraud. In our case, and in that of our immediate friends, these precautions have been taken--sometimes in a rather elaborate manner. The first sitting that was held after Raymond's death by any member of the family was held not explicitly for the purpose of getting into communication with him--still less with any remotest notion of entering into communication with Mr. Myers--but mainly because a French widow lady, who had been kind to our daughters during winters in Paris, was staying with my wife at Edgbaston--her first real visit to England--and was in great distress at the loss of both her beloved sons in the war, within a week of each other, so that she was left desolate. To comfort her my wife took her up to London to call on Mrs. Kennedy, and to get a sitting arranged for with a medium whom that lady knew and recommended. Two anonymous interviews were duly held, and incidentally I may say that the two sons of Madame communicated, on both occasions, though with difficulty; that one of them gave his name completely, the other approximately; and that the mother, who was new to the whole subject, was partially consoled.[8] Raymond, however, was represented as coming with them and helping them, and as sending some messages on his own account. I shall here only quote those messages which bear upon the subject of _Myers_ and have any possible connexion with the 'Faunus' message. (For an elementary explanation about 'sittings' in general, see Chapter I.) EXTRACTS RELATING TO 'MYERS' FROM EARLY ANONYMOUS SITTINGS We heard first of Raymond's death on 17 September 1915, and on 25 September his mother (M. F. A. L.), who was having an anonymous sitting for a friend with Mrs. Leonard, then a complete stranger, had the following spelt out by tilts of a table, as purporting to come from Raymond:-- TELL FATHER I HAVE MET SOME FRIENDS OF HIS. M. F. A. L.--Can you give any name? YES. MYERS.