"You had better stay a little longer and rest," said the medium kindly.
The boy shook his head.
"I must go at once," he said. "I cannot trust myself."
He went out without a word, followed by the medium. The two ladies sat eyeing one another.
"It has been astonishing ... astonishing," sighed Mrs. Stapleton. "What a find!"
There was no more said. Lady Laura sat as one in trance herself.
Then Mr. Vincent returned.
"You must not lose sight of that young man," he said abruptly. "It is an extraordinary case."
"I have all the notes here," remarked Mrs. Stapleton.
"Yes; you had better keep them. He must not see them at present."