Dread

The Vicarage, . December 9th, 1884. In reference to the subject of your note, I am able to say that I had 394 SUPPLEMENT. [chap. no means of knowing that the lady in question was ailing or even in delicate health. She was the wife of a cousin from whom or of whom I do not think I had heard for some months. I have so much to do in my parish that I have little time for correspondence, but in consequence of what I dreamed I at once wrote to the son of the lady referred to, having previously, on awaking, mentioned the matter to my own wife. My remark to her was, ' We shall hear some bad news, I fear, from E, ' (the residence of my cousin), and I then repeated the dream. Within another post I heard that Mrs. B. had died on that night. [The narrator goes on to say that a very near relative of his had three times had exactly similar intimations. See p. 132, note.] We find from the Register of Deaths that the death occurred on Sept. 2, 1866. The following is the corroboration of the narrator's wife : — December 11th, 1884. Mrs. B. has much pleasure in confirming the statement made by her husband as to his having communicated to her the substance of his dream boding something very serious to his cousin's family. We had had no intimation of the illness. The family lives in Ireland, and the news of the death did not reach us until two days after. [The slight discrepancy as to when the news arrived does not seem important. It will be seen that the dream was impressive enough to cause a busy man to write a letter.] (421) From Miss C. D. Garnett, Furze Hill Lodge, Brighton. December 18th, 1883. On the 13th of February, 1883, when at Biarritz, I dreamt that a relative, whom we had left in perfect health in England, and between whom and myself there was a strong afiinity, was dying, and that we had to leave Biarritz sooner than we intended. The dream haunted me throughout the following morning, and in the evening we received a telegram summoning us home at once. She died as we reached England. I may mention that this event was entirely unlooked for.