But now the suggestion that he might see her face to face had so inflamed his imagination that it was out of the question for him to regain his former serenity.

He resolved that, in case they should fail to hear from Mrs.Slater's friend, he would set about finding Mrs.Legrand himself, or, failing that, would go to some other medium.

There would be no solace for the fever that had now got into his blood, until experiment should justify his daring hope, or prove it baseless.
However, the third day after Mrs.Slater's letter there came one from her friend, Mrs.Rhinehart.She said that she had received a note from Mrs.
Slater, who had suddenly been called to Cincinnati, telling that Miss Ludington desired the address of Mrs.Legrand, with a view to securing a private seance.

She could have sent the address at once, as she had it; but Mrs.Legrand was so overrun with business that an application to her by letter, especially from a stranger like Miss Ludington, might not have any result.

And so Mrs.Rhinehart, who had been only too happy to oblige any friend of Mrs.Slater's, had called personally upon Mrs.Legrand to arrange for the seance.