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‘At intervals during the evening we all saw spirit lights, like small stars. We heard the spirits busily occupied with the pencils and sheets of paper, and there were presently unmistakable sounds that they were drawing. By raps they then spelt out, “We will finish afterwards,” and they allowed us to have a light to see what had been done.’

‘November 25th, 1870. — MY DEAR MISS HOUGHTON, — I cannot tell you how much I value the wonderful and beautiful drawing you sent me yesterday: the subtlety and delicacy of both the colour and the design are to me quite a study: one is contstantly seeing something new in its mysterious depths.’