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(Bill and Peggy Gallagher were witnesses to the session. As usual the presence of witnesses fired Seth up. His delivery was more active and quite fast from the beginning. Jane’s eyes however remained closed. For much of the session she sat on the edge of her chair, leaning forward with her hands clasped together. She began at 8:58.)

(Jane faced me while speaking this last phrase, her eyes still closed, and in good humor.)

(Break at 9:10. Jane was dissociated as usual for a first delivery. Her eyes had remained closed, her pace had been quite fast and expressive. She resumed in the same manner at 9:28.)

(Seth broke off his material to introduce this bit of humor because Bill, sitting perhaps five feet away, was leaning forward and staring intently at Jane as she spoke. Smiling, her eyes still closed, Jane now shifted her chair so that she did face Bill squarely.

(Since Seth paused after giving voice to the question, I answered, since I had been writing at a fast pace. I soon saw that I shouldn’t have however, since Jane now turned the same humorous expression toward me that had confronted Bill a few minutes ago.)

(Again in a jovial mood, Jane indicated a spot just in front of her rocker. Bill had been still peering intently at her.)

(Break at 9:48. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her eyes had remained closed. Her pace had been fast throughout, her voice somewhat stronger but not loud by any means.

(Our session was being held in our front room. Up until now none of us had noticed the traffic noise past the front of the house; but now that a test was to come I became conscious of it. Later Jane, Bill and Peggy concurred.

(This is the 20th Dr. Instream test. As usual Jane now began to speak at a much slower pace. She sat with her head down, a hand raised to her closed eyes. Resume at 9:58.)

(Here Jane began to describe the shape of the clock in the air with her hands, as she spoke with her eyes closed. Since she was so definite about the clock’s shape, I made a quick drawing of my version of her description. This of course caused me to miss out on a few words of her verbal account, so I took the chance and asked her to repeat her description. This is the first time I have asked her a question during a test. She responded without a sign of bother or irritation, and her second description was the same as the first, as near as I could tell.

(A copy of my drawing, and of drawings of the clock by Bill Gallagher and by Jane herself, will be included in the notes at next break.)

(Break at 10:11. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her eyes had remained closed; her pace had picked up considerably toward the end of the delivery. She told me my question did not bother her; also that she saw the clock she was describing pretty clearly. She was aware of the traffic noise.

(Jane and Bill now made their drawings of the clock, without seeing each other’s or mine, and my copies of all three are below. It’s apparent the three of us agreed pretty closely on what we saw. Note that only Jane points up the uneven gilt surface in her version.)

(When Jane began speaking again her pace was once again fast. Her eyes were closed, her voice average. Resume at 10:20.)

(At an earlier break, Bill had mentioned to me, while Jane was out of the room, that he believed Jane was right-handed but that Seth used predominantly left-handed movements. I hadn’t noticed this, but told Bill Jane had talked at times of being left-handed as a child; I told him I remembered Jane saying something about being made to write right-handed in school.)

([Bill:] “I’ve been wondering why your basic gestures are different than Jane’s.”)

(The pace was now even faster, and occasionally I omitted a word in the notes to keep up; this did not alter any meanings. Seth was most amused and pleased at the exchange. Jane sat with her eyes still closed; her movements and facial expressions were active.)

(Seth/Jane now turned toward Peggy, who had been sitting quietly by. Jane’s eyes were still closed, although she was smiling. It will be remembered that Seth has strong subconscious abilities.)

(The most obvious instance of a change in Jane’s features occurred in the 68th session, and was witnessed by Bill Macdonnel and myself in full light. This was very definite and easily seen. See Volume 1.)

(Peggy pointed at a life-sized oil portrait of Jane that I had painted.

(End at 10:40. Although Seth indicated a break this turned out to be the end of the session. Jane had been dissociated as usual, and her eyes had remained closed. Her pace had been quite fast at times, and as stated before I occasionally skipped a word in her delivery, or shortened a phrase, etc., without altering any meanings.