These slight but evidential incidents, forgotten by Mrs Stratton herself, and unknown to me, were conveyed quite correctly in the automatic script through Mrs Piper--three thousand miles across the Atlantic--and nearly six years after the death of Mr Stainton Moses. The most convincing test upon these occasions, however, was the reference to a Mrs Lane--the lady to whom Mr Moses had been engaged when he passed away. Very few of his friends knew of this engagement, even in England. Dr Hodgson, who had never met Stainton Moses in earth life, had naturally not heard of it. It was only by chance that I knew anything of the matter, and this merely through once meeting the lady at Mrs Stratton's house some time after Mr Moses had died. On that occasion Mrs Lane had a young daughter with her; I knew nothing of any other members of the family. During my second visit to Mrs Piper I mentioned meeting this lady--already a dim memory with me--and the "control" at once asked if I had met a _sister_ also. I answered "No," remarking that a young daughter had been with her. The writing at once continued in these words: "Well, now I am giving you this as a test: she _has_ a sister, and one who has been the cause of the deepest sorrow of her life. You will find this is true when you go back to England." These words were amply justified. On applying to Mrs Stratton for information, she denied the possibility of there being any truth in the test. She said: "I have come to know Mrs Lane very intimately since you met her here. I don't believe she has any sister; anyway, I am _quite_ sure she would have told me if a sister had caused her such sorrow as you mention." I persevered, however, in getting at the truth of the matter by writing to Mrs Lane herself (an almost entire stranger), and asking if she cared to hear the references to herself in the Piper records; if so, would she come and lunch with me? She came, and when I reached the passage about the sister, expecting that she would endorse Mrs Stratton's denial, I noticed, to my great surprise, that her eyes filled suddenly with tears, and that she was literally unable to speak through emotion. The tears ran down her cheeks, when at length she said in a broken voice: "_That_ is the most convincing test he could have given me! No! I have never mentioned that sister, even to Mrs Stratton, kind and good as she has been" (by this time I had spoken of Mrs Stratton's denial of the sister's existence). "I could not speak of her to _anyone_. She was the cause of the greatest sorrow in my life; _but no one upon earth knew this except Mr Stainton Moses_. I was engaged to him at the time, and he was the natural person to turn to in my deep tribulation. No one else ever heard of the circumstances." At this second sitting of mine Mr Stainton Moses spoke also of a valuable watch he had possessed, and expressed some regret that it had not been given to Mrs Lane at the time of his death.