t our first deductions
had been wrong, and that the sounds were those of a dog gambolling.

(The Rev.) Mr. "Q." (an English vicar), arrived. In the evening,
at 6.30, Miss Langton and I took him down to the glen. It was a
very light evening. I saw the figure of Ishbel, not very
distinctly, in conversation with the second figure, which was
barely defined. We remained in perfect silence as usual. On
regaining the avenue Miss L---- said she had heard voices, and
thought she had seen what might be the white parts of the nun's
dress. Mr. "Q." said he had seen a light under the big tree. The
figures were nearer the tree than usual. Miss Langton went up a
second time with the Colonel, and again heard voices.

It is worth remarking that Mr. "Q." has, doubtless from some
idiosyncrasy, since developed a faculty of seeing lights where other
people see phantasms.

_February 19th, Friday._--No phenomena last night. We have spent
the day in A----, the neighbouring town, where I had a fall and
hurt my foot, so that I was obliged to drive home, and could not
go to the glen. Miss Langton and Mr. "Q." went down about seven
o'clock. Mr. "Q." saw the outline of a figure of which he has
written the description. Miss Langton heard the usual voices on
the other side of the burn; they seemed to her to be interrupted
by a third voice, in deeper tones; and she also heard the
footsteps of a man passing behind her, a heavy tread, "not like
a gentleman."

The following, the account referred to, was contained in a private
letter from Mr. "Q." to Lord Bute. The description of Ishbel in the
Journal of February 26th, was, it will be observed, of later date,
although before Miss Freer had seen the following:--

"_February 19th and 20th, 1897._--I had heard only that Miss Freer had
seen two figures by the burn, one of which was that of a nun, the
other a woman, before whom, on one occasion, the nun appeared to be
kneeling. I had always pictured the nun as standing or kneeling with
her back to the spectator.

"On February 19th, at about 6.45 P.M., I visited the burn with Miss
Langton (_and not Miss Freer_). After looking a little I saw (_a_);
the white was very plain, and the head clearly outlined, but the
vision was for the fraction of a second. I was conscious of it
indistinctly for a few minutes, and there seemed a good deal of
movement. Suddenly I was again conscious of the figure as s