(_N.B._--Mr. "Endell's" opinion later is that a pavior's crowbar
heavily dropped, so as to produce a prolonged reverberation, is
a better illustration.)
Mr. Garford, who was not told that any sounds might be expected
in No. 1, says he was awakened by a violent banging at the door
of communication between Nos. 1 and 2 (No. 2 is empty). Mr.
"Endell," Mr. "Q.," and Miss Moore went up later in the day to
experiment on the door, and found that it would _open_ with the
slightest push. Mr. Garford had closed it on going to bed, and
found it closed in the morning. He had not been alarmed, and had
almost called out to his supposed visitors, before he remembered
supernormal possibilities. He described the sound as a muffled
bang, and in order to reproduce it to his satisfaction one of
the party held a thick rug on the inner side while another
hammered on the panels without.
Mr. "Q.'s" experiences in No. 3 will be reported by himself. The
groans which he heard coming from No. 2 some of our party
suggested might have been made in sleep by the occupant of No.
1, but on trying experiments it was found that no sounds of the
kind which he could make in his room were audible in No. 3.
Mr. "Q." left.
Miss Langton went up the glen with Mr. Garford, and was
perplexed by seeing the grey figure when looking for the nun;
she saw it but dimly, but later in the evening recovered it in
the crystal, more clearly and in greater detail.
The following is Mr. "Q.'s" account of his experience, written on
February 24th and March 4th, in private letters to Lord Bute, but, in
order to avoid the possibility of suggestion to others, not
contributed at the time to this journal. The Editors have been
permitted also to read another account written by Mr. "Q." of this and
of his subsequent experience, written immediately after the occasion,
which agrees with his letters to Lord Bute in every particular.
"_February 24th, 1897._--I slept in room No. 3. I knew it had a 'bad'
reputation, also I had heard through Ouija of probable appearances and
noises at 3 A.M. and 4.30 A.M. I noted the time of retiring in passing
the clock on the staircase, _i.e._ 12.10.
"Before going to bed I sat in a chair with my back to a small mahogany
cupboard, placed against the wall of the dressing-room, into which my
room (No. 3) opens. About 1 A.M. I was much startled at hearing behind
me very distinctly a loud groan, coming, apparently, from the
dressing-room, in the direction of the mahogany cupboard. The sound
was very distinct, and but for the fact of there being no one visible,
I should have estimated its origin as _in_ the room, its distinctness
being such that, coming from the next room, with the door closed, it
would have sounded slightly muffled. So distinct was it that I heard
what I can only describe as the throat vibration in the tone.
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