I neither believe nor disbelieve . But you know queer things do happen at times -- things you ca n't account for . At least , people who you know would n't lie say so . Of course , they may be mistaken . And I do n't think that everybody can see spirits either , provided they are to be seen . It requires people of a certain organization -- with a spiritual eye , as it were . We have n't all got that -- in fact , I think very few of us have . I dare say you think I 'm talking nonsense . '' `` Well , yes , I think you are . You really surprise me , Mary . I always thought you the least likely person in the world to take up with such ideas . Something must have come under your observation to develop such theories in your practical head . Tell me what it was . '' `` To what purpose ? You would remain as sceptical as ever . '' `` Possibly not . Try me ; I may be convinced . '' `` No , '' returned Mrs. Sefton calmly . `` Nobody ever is convinced by hearsay . When a person has once seen a spirit -- or thinks he has -- he thenceforth believes it .
And when somebody else is intimately associated with that person and knows all the circumstances -- well , he admits the possibility , XXXXX least .
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