Some held that Esther was a mere impostor and fire-raiser; from other sources I obtained curious tales of the eccentric flight of objects in her neighbourhood.

It is only certain that Esther's case is identical with Madame Shchapoff's, and experts in hysteria may tell us whether that malady ever takes the form of setting fire to the patient's wardrobe, and to things in general.

{239a} After these modern cases of disturbances, we may look at a few old, or even ancient examples.

It will be observed that the symptoms are always of the same type, whatever the date or country.

The first is Gaelic, of last century.
DONALD BAN AND THE BOCAN {239b} It is fully a hundred years ago since there died in Lochaber a man named Donald Ban, sometimes called "the son of Angus," but more frequently known as Donald Ban of the Bocan.