11/24 And that night on Nan-Tauach the silence was unbroken nor were there lights nor sign of life. We rejected immediately, of course, any explanation admitting the supernatural. It is unquestionable that the vibrations created by certain musical instruments have definite and sometimes extraordinary effect upon the nervous system. We accepted this as the explanation of the reactions we had experienced, hearing the unfamiliar sounds. Thora's nervousness, her superstitious apprehensions, had wrought her up to a condition of semi-somnambulistic hysteria. |