"Hear the whistle?" (This was an earthly whistle, which those present also heard.)
[86] Proc. of S.P.R., vol. xvi. p. 322.
[87] That is to say, Imperator, who always signalises his presence by making a cross on the paper, or, with his hand, in the air.
[88] The spirits in whose company she has been.
[89] Proc. of S.P.R., vol. xvi. p. 396.
CHAPTER XX
Encouraging results obtained—The problem must be solved.
And now, can there be a conclusion to this work? It does not allow of any conclusion. The most I can do in terminating is to record certain facts. Dr Hodgson, Professor Hyslop and others, who, though unprejudiced, began these studies as sceptical as anyone, have ended, after long years of hesitation, by giving their adhesion to the spiritualist hypothesis. But, as they are careful to point out, they accept this hypothesis conditionally, and not definitely. New experiments and new facts may turn their minds in quite another direction.