It should not.
"Would the table tip towards the medium indicated?"
It could not be done.
"Should somebody call over the names of all mediums present, and would the table tip at the right one?"
Ah, that was it!
"I suppose you and I have no share in this Gift Enterprise," whispered Colonel Prowley.
"Order! order!" shouted Miss Turligood, glancing in our direction with great severity. "This general conversation cannot be permitted. We are about to have a most interesting manifestation.—Pocahontas, do you wish me to call over the names?"
Pocahontas did not object.
"Very well, then, you will tip when I come to the name of the medium through whom you consent to kiss Miss Sarah Branly?"
Pocahontas certainly would.