“The ‘Medium.’ This test is a very satisfactory one, if they do it. And they have done it a hundred times.
“Five seconds elapse.
“The ‘Medium’ (to Mr. Furness). The glasses are not placed over the marble, are they?
“Mr. Furness. No, the floor is of wood.
“Mr. Sellers (after another interval of waiting) informally remarked to Mr. Furness: ‘We will wait probably for another minute to see if anything comes. As you know, the ‘medium’ claims that it is impossible for her to control these things—that she is merely one who is operated through.’
“Another interval expires.
“The ‘Medium.’ That was a very faint rap. Suppose we change the position of the glasses.
“Note by the stenographer. No intimation is given that the rap here spoken of was heard by any one other than the ‘medium’ herself. Pursuant to the request just stated, the carpet is removed and the glass tumblers are located on the bare floor at a point about five feet distant from the place at which the test was first tried. The new location is in the center of a passage-way, about three feet in width, between a side-board on one side, and a wall projection on the other. Its selection is apparently, though not specifically, dictated by the position and movements of the ‘medium.’ The ‘medium’ and the Committee resume their positions, the former standing on the glasses and the gentlemen facing her in a group.
“The ‘Medium.’ Now, Spirits, will you rap on the floor?
“Thirty seconds here elapsed with no response, when one glass was heard to click against the other, and the ‘medium’ exclaimed ‘Oh!’