“It was quite short. Then you came back and looked at Lady Laura. Try to remember.”
“I remember thinking I had heard a sound.”
The medium nodded.
“Just so,” he said.
“That would be the third,” said Lady Laura, nodding sagely.
“Third what?” said Laurie rather rudely.
No one paid any attention to him.
“Now can you give any account of the last hour and a half?” continued the medium tranquilly.
Laurie considered again. He was still a little confused.
“I remember thinking about the streets,” he said, “and then of my own home, and then …” He stopped.
“Yes; and then?”
“Then of a certain private matter.”
“Ah! We must not pry then. But can you answer one question more? Was it connected with any person who has crossed over?”
“It was,” said Laurie shortly.
“Just so,” said the medium.
Laurie felt suspicious.
“Why do you ask that?” he said.