"Yes" (indicated by three raps.)
"Does it wish to communicate?"
"Yes."
I pronounce slowly and in their proper order the letters of the alphabet.
Reply, "Tua matre," ("thy mother.")
This certainly means "Tua madre." (note once more that Eusapia does not know how to read or write.)
Eusapia noticed that I was in mourning and I had told her that my mother had died on the first of last July. I then asked to be told her name. (Eusapia does not know it.)
No reply.
The movements of the table which were next asked for gave no results of any particular value.
However, a stuffed arm-chair near by was several times shifted out of its place without contact, advancing of itself toward Eusapia. Since the chandelier was lighted, and there was no possibility of any string being used, and since I had my foot upon that one of Eusapia's which was nearest the arm-chair, the movement must evidently have been due to a force emanating from the medium.