He said queer spells--trances, I think was the name he give 'em--come over him now and again.

Are there such things, Doctor ?" "There are people who are certainly subject to trances," answered Gilbert.

"The matter is more in the line of psychical research than medical.

What were the trances of this John Selwyn like ?" "Like dreams," said the old Doctor skeptically.
"He said he could see things in them," said Captain Jim slowly.
"Mind you, I'm telling you jest what HE said--things that were happening--things that were GOING to happen.

He said they were sometimes a comfort to him and sometimes a horror.