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Inthepresenceofthesephenomena，thefirstthoughtthatnaturallyoccurstothemindisthatweareoncemoreconcernedwiththatastonishingandinvoluntarycommunicationbetweenonesubconsciousnessandanotherwhichhasbeeninvestedwiththenameoftelepathy。Andthereisnodenyingthattelepathyplaysagreatpartintheseintuitions。However，toexplaintheirworking，nothingisequaltoanexamplebaseduponapersonalexperience。Hereisonewhichisinnowayremarkable，butwhichplainlyshowsthenormalcourseoftheoperation。InSeptember，1913，whileIwasatElberfeld，visitingKrall’shorses，mywifewenttoconsultMme。M——，gaveherascrapofwritinginmyhand——anotedispatchedprevioustomyjourneyandcontainingnoallusiontoit——andaskedherwhereIwasandwhatIwasdoing。
Withoutasecond’shesitation，Mme。M——declaredthatIwasveryfaraway，inaforeigncountrywheretheyspokealanguagewhichshedidnotunderstand。Shesawfirstapavedyard，shadedbyabigtree，withabuildingontheleftandagardenattheback：aroughbutnotinaptdescriptionofKrall’sstables，whichmywifedidnotknowandwhichImyselfhadnotseenatthetimewhenI
wrotethenote。Shenextperceivedmeinthemidstofthehorses，examiningthem，studyingthemwithanabsorbed，anxiousandtiredair。Thiswastrue，forIfoundthosevisits，whichoverwhelmedmewithasenseofthemarvelousandkeptmyattentionontherack，singularlyexhaustingandbewildering。MywifeaskedherifIintendedtobuythehorses。Shereplied：
\"Notatall；heisnotthinkingofit。\"