“The apparition had no body.
“Mrs. Belmont is of the opinion she might have stayed there till doomsday had not the unexpected arrival of the gardener scared the thing away—it disappeared as he entered the greenhouse door and its place was once again taken by the flower-pot!
“Mrs. Belmont had another unpleasant experience only this week.
“As she was crossing the landing to her bedroom one morning, some one seized her by her shoulders, and, pulling her violently backwards, threw her on the floor.
“She was then gripped by the throat (so firmly that the impressions of the fingers could be seen next day), and on looking up she encountered the same awful face she had seen in the conservatory.
“The hateful thing was now in full possession of a body which, blue and hairy, accorded well with the strangely animal expression in its eyes.
“Mrs. Belmont was too fascinated and horror-stricken to struggle, and she thinks she would undoubtedly have been strangled had not succour once again arrived at the most opportune moment.
“Her rescuer this time was Bruce, a very pugnacious Irish terrier.
“Nothing daunted, and contrary to what one is led to expect from the generality of psychic tales, Bruce flew at the figure.