All were thoroughly familiar with the situation. Miss Clarke
calmly commented to the effect that the entire Blind Spot affair
was due wholly and simply to the cumulative effects of so many,
many subjects; the result, in other words, of error.
Dr. Malloy was equally outspoken in his announcement that he
proposed to deal with the matter from the standpoint of psychic
aberration. He mentioned dissociated personalities, group
hypnosis, and so on. But he declared that he was open to
conviction, and anxious to get any and all facts.
Sir Henry had a good deal of difficulty in getting Mme. Le Fabre
to commit herself. Probably she felt that, since Sir Henry had
gone on record as being doubtful of the spiritistic explanation of
psychic phenomena, she might get into a controversy with him. But
in the end she stated that she expected to find our little mystery
simply a novel variation on what was so familiar to her.
As might be supposed, General Hume had no opinion. He merely
expressed himself as being prepared to accept any sound theory, or
portions of such theories as might be advanced, and arrive at a
workable conclusion therefrom. Which was exactly what we wanted of
him.
Of them all, Professor Herold showed the most enthusiasm. Perhaps
this was because, despite his attainments, he is still young. At
any rate, he made it clear that he was fully prepared to learn
something entirely new in science.
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