A few days later Renée was lying in her bed about midnight in a semi-drowsy condition, when she suddenly saw a bright light floating like a nimbus over Delapine's head. She gave a little scream, and then becoming more and more awake gazed on it with intense fascination. At first it moved slightly, and then growing larger and larger began to condense into the form of a human face. Slowly the features developed, until at length it assumed the form of her mother. By degrees the entire body appeared clothed in white drapery, and slowly made its way towards Renée with a sweet smile on her face. As the light of the room increased Renée recognised her features, and springing out of bed she ran into her arms. "Oh, mother!" she cried, "Is that really you?" "Yes, I am your mother, and am come to tell you that Henri will very soon wake up, and you will be able to see him as he was, and to hear him talk." Renée seized her by both hands and squeezed them. "Mother dear, that is too good to be true. Do you really mean it?" "Of course I do. You know I never told you a lie, and why should I tell you one now?" Renée's eyes fairly danced with delight as she heard the welcome news, and she clapped her hands for joy. "But tell me, how are you, mother? Are you very happy?" "I am very happy," her mother replied. "The life on the other side is merely a continuation of this, only without its limitations." "Do you suffer pain like you used to so often, mother?" "No, Renée, there is no pain beyond the grave. Here you are subjected to natural laws. You are tied down to the earth by the action of gravity. But we are free from all these restrictions. We can go where we please at will in an instant of time. Time and space have no limitation for us." "Shall I join you soon, mother?" "No, Renée, you have a mission to perform and a great deal of work to do yet, and I think you will have a long and happy life in company with your fiancé." "But how did you possibly know of our engagement? Has anyone told you?" "Have I not been by your side off and on ever since I left you, my child? Do you suppose a mother can ever forget her daughter?" "Of course not," replied Renée, "but at the same time I never imagined that you would be able to see me." "You could not see me now but for your lover's presence." "What do you mean, mother?" "I mean what I say, dear. Henri has come back to earth, and I have been using his body to form materialistic substance to clothe my spirit with, so that you are enabled to see me with your own eyes." Renée jumped up at hearing this with an exclamation of joy as the thought of Henri's return began to dawn on her mind. "Do you really mean to say that Henri is back again, and that he will be the same old darling he was before?" "Why of course I do. My presence is the proof positive that his spirit has returned. To-morrow he will wake up and in a very short time he will be quite well again."