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businessman who was present was “cruelly neglecting to tend his own mother’s grave” despite enjoying “many merry excursions with [his] lovely secretary

Shielding his eyes as though squinting into the heavens, he added that “Louise and many others are here with us tonight.”

We propose to contact our friends and ancestors on the other side,” he went on. “You cannot hide a nefarious deed from the spirits, and Mademoiselle Beatrice, a trained psychometric clairvoyant, will assist