ark, and no one
about.

Later, about 10.30, we all five heard the clang noise with which
some of us are so familiar. The servants had gone to bed--or so
we presumed, as all lights were out, except on the upper floor.
It occurred four times. It is of course conceivable they may
have made it, but we do not hear it when we know them to be
about, and we do hear it when we know them not to be about.

The following quotation is from Miss Langton's private diary:--

"On the night of Wednesday, February 17th, I had a curious dream
or vision. I seemed to be standing outside the door of No. 4,
looking up the corridor to No. 2, when suddenly I saw a figure
with his back to the door of No. 2, and quite close to the door
which leads to No. 3. His face was quite distinct, and what
struck me most was the curious way in which his hair grew on his
temples. His eyes were very dark, keen, and deep-set; his face
was pale, and with a drawn, haggard expression. He looked about
thirty-nine years of age. His hair was dark and thick, and waved
back from his forehead, where it was slightly grey. It was a
most interesting and clever face, and one that would always, I
should think, attract attention. He was dressed in a long black
gown like a cassock, only with a short cape, barely reaching to
the elbows."

A further reference to this vision, which at the time seemed
irrelevant, will be found on page 225.

_February 18th, Thursday._--This morning's phenomenon is the
most incomprehensible I have yet known. I heard the banging
sounds after we were in bed last night. Early this morning,
about 5.30, I was awakened by them. They continued for nearly an
hour. Then another sound began _in_ the room. It might have been
made by a very lively kitten jumping and pouncing, or even by a
very large bird; there was a fluttering noise too. It was close,
exactly opposite the bed. Miss Moore woke up, and we heard it
going on till nearly eight o'clock. I drew up the blinds and
opened the window wide. I sought all over the room, looking
into cupboards and under furniture. We cannot guess at any
possible explanation.

Further experience of these curious hallucinatory sounds, combined
with visual hallucination in the same room, taking also into
consideration the interest which our own dogs always displayed in
these phenomena, led us to the conclusion tha