Now the modern theory of ghosts, namely, that they are delusions of the senses of the seers, caused somehow by the mental action of dead or distant people, does not seem to apply in this case.

The ghost produced an effect on a material object.
"PUT OUT THE LIGHT!" The Rev.D.W.

G.Gwynne, M.D., was a physician in holy orders.

In 1853 he lived at P--- House, near Taunton, where both he and his wife "were made uncomfortable by auditory experiences to which they could find no clue," or, in common English, they heard mysterious noises.
"During the night," writes Dr.Gwynne, "I became aware of a draped figure passing across the foot of the bed towards the fireplace.

I had the impression that the arm was raised, pointing with the hand towards the mantel-piece on which a night-light was burning.