Above: 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7. (I am sleeping in No. 5, Miss Langton in No. 8.)
Mr. T---- arrived in the afternoon. We were all out till dinner-time. While at dinner, we all three, as well as the butler, heard steps walking overhead in No. 7, as we did last night.
_April 4th, Sunday._--I was wakened early this morning by the sound of a crash. As it was mixed with my dreams I did not think it worth while to get up and investigate, but looked at my watch. It was twenty minutes to six. Five minutes later I heard another crash under the dome--of the kind so often described--and looked out, but the house was perfectly still. I heard the servants come down about seven o'clock.
Miss Langton, sleeping in No. 8, describes the same sounds at the same moment.
Mr. B. S---- and Miss S----, brother and sister of the proprietor, called.
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"_April 4th, Sunday._--I heard footsteps overhead last evening while at dinner. Sleeping in No. 1. To bed about 11 P.M. To sleep in about half-an-hour. Meanwhile I heard sounds as of reading aloud in No. 8. Woke at 6.20. Heard voices in No. 8 again."
_April 5th, Monday._--Mr. T---- said at breakfast that he had heard sounds as of some one reading in Miss Langton's room, No. 8, between 11.0 and 11.30 P.M., and again the sound of voices from the same room in the morning. Miss Langton was alone, nor, as we have proved--(see under date March 2nd)--could any sound of reading or speaking have been heard, had any really existed.
_April 6th, Tuesday._--Mr. T---- writes under this date:--
"To my room last night about 11 P.M. Loud thuds on the floor above me, and a heavy thud against the door dividing my room (No. 1) from the dressing-room beyond (No. 2). I went out and listened at the servants' staircase. They were talking, but not moving about. [I learnt on inquiry that they were all in bed by 10.30.--A.G.F.] I went to sleep immediately after I got to bed, but woke up later with a violent start, as if by a loud noise, though I heard nothing. I waited a few minutes and then looked at my watch. It was 12.30. I heard voices talking pretty loud. I was awake over three-quarters of an hour, then slept till 5.30."
Mr. B. S---- was out fishing with Mr. T---- in the morning, and came in to lunch and again to dinner. In the evening I had a good deal of talk with him.