Miss Langton, sleeping in No. 8, describes the same sounds at
the same moment.
Mr. B. S---- and Miss S----, brother and sister of the
proprietor, called.
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Mr. T---- writes under this date:--
"_April 4th, Sunday._--I heard footsteps overhead last evening
while at dinner. Sleeping in No. 1. To bed about 11 P.M. To
sleep in about half-an-hour. Meanwhile I heard sounds as of
reading aloud in No. 8. Woke at 6.20. Heard voices in No. 8
again."
_April 5th, Monday._--Mr. T---- said at breakfast that he had
heard sounds as of some one reading in Miss Langton's room, No.
8, between 11.0 and 11.30 P.M., and again the sound of voices
from the same room in the morning. Miss Langton was alone, nor,
as we have proved--(see under date March 2nd)--could any sound
of reading or speaking have been heard, had any really existed.
_April 6th, Tuesday._--Mr. T---- writes under this date:--
"To my room last night about 11 P.M. Loud thuds on the floor
above me, and a heavy thud against the door dividing my room
(No. 1) from the dressing-room beyond (No. 2). I went out and
listened at the servants' staircase. They were talking, but not
moving about. [I learnt on inquiry that they were all in bed by
10.30.--A.G.F.] I went to sleep immediately after I got to bed,
but woke up later with a violent start, as if by a loud noise,
though I heard nothing. I waited a few minutes and then looked
at my watch. It was 12.30. I heard voices talking pretty loud. I
was awake over three-quarters of an hour, then slept till
5.30."
Mr. B. S---- was out fishing with Mr. T---- in the morning, and
came in to lunch and again to dinner. In the evening I had a
good deal of talk with him.
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This afternoon Mrs. ----, a lady well acquainted with the
neighbourhood, came to tea. She asked me about the hauntings,
and said they were matter of common talk in the district. She
also told me that in the late Mr. S----'s time it had been
alleged that the disturbances were intentional annoyances,
though she agreed it was rather a sustained effort.
I also called to say "good-bye" to Mrs. S.----, to whom I
remarked that, though I could not doubt the existence of
phenomena at B----, we had been most comfortable, and had
greatly liked the place.
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