Then he gives me a curious thing, and laughs. One of the things I am most proud of is "St. Paul."
[This puzzled K. K., the note-taker.]
(To Alec.) So glad you came, boy! What a lot you think!
(Medium came-to, breathing and struggling. Said he had been under very deep—like coming-to after an anæsthetic.)
NOTE BY O. J. L.
Lady Lodge impressed me considerably with the genuine and deeply affecting character of the above episode of personal control. It was evidently difficult to get over for the rest of the day. I doubt if the bare record conveys much: though it may to people of like experience.
CHAPTER XII
GENERAL REMARKS ON CONVERSATIONAL
REPORTS AND ON CROSS-CORRESPONDENCES
IT may be asked why I report so much of what may be called ordinary conversation, instead of abbreviating and concentrating on specific instances and definite statements of fact. I reply:—