ItiswelltoaddthatbothMme。Buscarlet’sletterandthereplieswhichcamefromRussiawerecommunicatedtoProfessorFlournoyandbearthepostmarkdates。
Suchpremonitorydreamsarefrequent；butitdoesnotoftenhappenthatcircumstancesandespeciallytheexistenceofadocumentdatedprevioustotheirfulfilmentgivethemsuchincontestableauthenticity。
Wemayremarkinpassingtheoddcharacterofthispremonition，whichhoweverisfullyinaccordancewiththehabitsofourunknownguest。Thedateisfixedprecisely；butonlyaveiledandmysteriousallusion（thewomanlyingacrossthecarriageandcloakedinwhite）ismadetotheessentialpartoftheprediction，theillnessanddeath。
Wasthereacoincidence，avisionofthefuturepureandsimple，oravisionofthefuturesuggestedbytelepathicinfluence？Thetheoryofcoincidencecanbedefended，ifneedbe，hereaseverywhereelse，butwouldbeveryextraordinaryinthiscase。Asfortelepathicinfluence，weshouldhavetosupposethat，onthe9thofDecember，aweekbeforeherdeath，Mme。Nitchinofhadinhersubconsciousnessapresentimentofherendandthatshetransmittedthispresentimentacrosssomethousandsofmiles，fromKazantoGeneva，toapersonwithwhomshehadneverbeenintimate。Itisverycomplex，butpossible，fortelepathyoftenhasthesedisconcertingways。Ifthiswereso，thecasewhichwouldbeoneoflatentillnessorevenofself-suggestion；andthepreexistenceofthefuture，withoutbeingentirelydisproved，wouldbelessclearlyestablished。
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