I was dreaming that Fanti went mad when Mary wakened me, and said she had dreamed Fanti went mad, and turned into a cat, and we threw him into the fire." Thus, as several people may see the same ghost at once, several people may dream the same dream at once.

As a matter of fact, Fanti lived, sane and harmless, "all the length of all his years".

{4} Now, this anecdote is credible, certainly is credible by people who know the dreaming family.

It is nothing more than a curiosity of coincidences; and, as Fanti remained a sober, peaceful hound, in face of five dreamers, the absence of fulfilment increases the readiness of belief.

But compare the case of the Swithinbanks.