"Is it you, John, who came into our sleeping chamber last night?"
"No."
"Was it the chambermaid?" (I suggest this idea for the express purpose of testing John's veracity.)
"No," says he.
"Was it the medium herself?"
"Yes," says the table.—"No, it is not true," exclaims Eusapia, seeing her hope banished—"Yes," replies the table, forcibly.
"Was she in the trance state?"
"No."
"In her normal state?"
"No."