An account

Bella Yista, Corsier, Yevey, Switzerland. April 10th, 1886. (691) In December, 1881, my husband was slowly recovering from a severe illness : and one afternoon, about 5 o'clock, I went into his study, where he had gone for 2 or 3 hours, to see if he wanted anything. Finding him asleep in his armchair, I left him, and having some village lending-library books to sort, I went into the small room where they were kept, called the ' box-room ' (in a distant part of the house), to do so. There, to my surprise, I saw our gamekeeper's dog, Vic, curled up. On seeing me she rose, wagged her tail, turned half round and lay down again. This dog had never been inside the house before, which was the reason of my surprise at seeing her where she was. However, I turned her out of doors, and there I thought the matter ended. I am quite sure I did not mention the matter to my husband. He went to bed very early that evening, and had a most restless night, talking a great deal in his sleep. While fast asleep he related the whole occurrence of ' Hawke's dog, Yic,' actually being found in the box-room, even describing the animal's behaviour, rising, turning half round and lying down again. Next morning I asked my husband if he had dreamt 1 ' No, not that he knew of.' If he had not dreamt of Vic ? ' No, why of Vic 1 ' Then I asked him if by any chance he had heard where Vic had been found the previous evening ? ' No. Where ? ' And when I told him, he was extremely astonished, just because the dog had never been known inside the house before, and the box-room was on an upper landing. Subsequently I related to him what he had said in his sleep, but he evidently had not the slightest recollection of it.