I. — 'You are aware of the effects ascribed by Baron Reichenbach to magnets?'
Medium. — 'Yes; but a magnet makes me terribly ill.'
I. — ' Am I to understand that, if this room were perfectly dark, you could tell whether it contained a magnet, without being informed of the fact?'
Medium. — 'I should know of its presence on entering the room.'
I. — 'How?'
Medium. — ' I should be rendered instantly ill.'
I. — 'How do you feel to-day?'
Medium. — 'Particularly well; I have not been so well for months.'
I. — 'Then, may I ask you whether there is, at the present moment, a magnet in my possession?'
The young lady looked at me, blushed, and stammered, 'No; I am not en rapport with you.'