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310 the assertions of people, who had insisted, that at the very time when we knew that Seraphina was sitting at home, and in our own presence, she had been seen elsewhere. Besides, I recollected, that, during her childhood, she often used to speak of being carried away from this earth; whether in dreams or supernaturally was unexplained, and that she had been with angels in Heaven; to which circumstance were attributed her disregard and indifference, when her young companions wished her to join in their usual plays.

“My father, however, would never believe any of these rumours,—nor would he now listen to what I told him privately of Seraphina being visible at one and the same moment in the library and the garden. ‘Say no more, I command you,’ he exclaimed, ‘I have heard quite enough of those wonders and miracles with which, your own imagination so amply supplies you. It is true, indeed, that Seraphina’s character is extraordinary. She is by no means like other young people of the same age and rank; but, as to her appearing in different places at one moment, or her intercourse with supernatural beings, and the world of spirits, I shall certainly