If，whenyouwrote，youcouldwriteonTWOsheetssothatIcouldshowherone，andonthatoneifyoucouldshowclearlythatIreallyWASinJamaicathissummer，andhadcometherebybeingremovedfromaship，itwouldbeofgreatservicetome。Itwouldcertainlyaddtotheloadofmyobligationtoyou——aloadthatIfearIcanneverfullyrepay。Althoughifgratitude……“Andsoforth。
Attheendherepeatedhisrequestformetoburntheletter。
SotheremarkablestoryofMr。Ledbetter’sVacationends。Thatbreachwithhisauntwasnotoflongduration。Theoldladyhadforgivenhimbeforeshedied。
10。THESTOLENBODY
Mr。BesselwastheseniorpartnerinthefirmofBessel，Hart，andBrown，ofSt。Paul’sChurchyard，andformanyyearshewaswellknownamongthoseinterestedinpsychicalresearchasaliberal-mindedandconscientiousinvestigator。Hewasanunmarriedman，andinsteadoflivinginthesuburbs，afterthefashionofhisclass，heoccupiedroomsintheAlbany，nearPiccadilly。Hewasparticularlyinterestedinthequestionsofthoughttransferenceandofapparitionsoftheliving，andinNovember，1896，hecommencedaseriesofexperimentsinconjunctionwithMr。Vincey，ofStapleInn，inordertotesttheallegedpossibilityofprojectinganapparitionofone’sselfbyforceofwillthroughspace。