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(Tonight our first formal witness, Bill Macdonnel, was to attend a full session. Jane and I found ourselves anticipating the event with a good deal of interest. At 8:00 PM. Jane lay down for a rest, and gave herself positive suggestions concerning the session. Bill was due at 8:30.

(“Mark the mark; Mark has arrived.” At 8:50 this phrase came into Jane’s mind. She said she almost didn’t bother to tell me about it, that she wasn’t sure it was from Seth. She didn’t hear it clearly within as she ordinarily would if it was a message from Seth before a session was to begin. Her own thought was that it indicated Bill’s arrival sometime after the session had begun.

(At 9:00 PM Bill had not arrived. I for one was quite upset by this. Jane was not beginning the session, either. She did say, “I feel a great humorous sense of waiting that isn’t mine.” She said this concept hung above her. As the minutes passed she began to pace slowly back and forth. At 9:05 she began to dictate. Throughout the session her voice was a bit stronger than normal, her pace rather slow, her eyes dark as usual.)

(The letter Seth referred to was one from Jane’s publisher, received today, concerning her book on ESP. Jane had thought the project dead, but it seems the publisher is still interested.)

(Jane broke off dictation. It was 9:20. Her sudden change in direction had distracted me. While I sat staring at her she said:)

(Jane now motioned toward the door. Recovering my wits by now and realizing that the name Mark referred to Bill’s entity name, given to us by Seth at our seance, I went to the door and opened it. No one was there. Nor had I heard anyone coming up the stairs.

(By now I was completely puzzled; and Jane, evidently not wanting to speak on her own yet, looked at me and shrugged. We had heard the sound of a car, I remembered, and people going into the apartment downstairs; perhaps that had caused our confusion. I had a peculiar feeling of dismay, as though we had lost control somehow.

(I went back to my desk. It was 9:21. Jane resumed pacing and dictating.)

(Break at 10:00. Jane was dissociated as usual toward the end of the above monologue. We were both disappointed at Bill’s failure to appear. For my part I tried to snap out of it by making some jokes, but Jane did not join in. She resumed dictating at 10:05.)

(Jane and I had discussed this problem at supper time. Her explanation had sounded better than mine, and tallied closely with Seth’s presentation above. We had been hoping he would discuss it during the session.)

(Break at 10:34. Jane was dissociated this time as usual. She resumed dictating at 10:41.)

(Break at 11:05. Jane was dissociated as usual. The ache in her shoulder had let up somewhat, but she was not too surprised now to develop a pain in a foot. During break she hopped about until it too eased up. Discussing distortions during break, we recalled that once or twice Seth had mentioned using the deep trance state. Neither of us cared much for the idea. Jane resumed at 11:12.)

(Break at 11:36. Jane was dissociated as usual. She said Seth had been trying to get the above paragraph in all evening. Jane was obviously tired now, so I told Seth we’d hear from him next Monday as usual. Jane resumed at 11:37.)