Having sent you that letter, I did not deem it necessary to make a note in my diary, and consequently have let the exact date slip my memory.
If the dates correspond, the success is complete in every detail, and I have an account signed and witnessed to show you.
I saw the lady (who was the subject) for the first time last night, since the experiment, and she made a voluntary statement to me, which I wrote down at her dictation, and to which she has attached her signature. The date and time of the apparition are specified in this statement, and it will be for you to decide whether they are identical with those given in my letter to you. I have completely forgotten, but yet I fancy that they are the same.
S. H. B.
This is the statement:—
44 Norland Square, W.
On Saturday night, March 22nd, 1884, at about midnight, I had a distinct impression that Mr. S. H. B. was present in my room, and I distinctly saw him whilst I was quite widely awake. He came towards me, and stroked my hair. I voluntarily gave him this information, when he called to see me on Wednesday, April 2nd, telling him the time and the circumstances of the apparition, without any suggestion on his part. The appearance in my room was most vivid, and quite unmistakable.
L. S. Verity.
Miss A. S. Verity corroborates as follows:—
I remember my sister telling me that she had seen S. H. B., and that he had touched her hair, before he came to see us on April 2nd.