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"They received no communication from England for about five months, when a letter from Mr.Rush, the surgeon (Coldstream Guards), announced the death of John Wynyard at the moment, as near as could be ascertained, when the figure appeared.

In addition to this extraordinary circumstance, Sir John told me that two years and a half afterwards he was walking with Lilly Wynyard (a brother of Colonel W.) in London, and seeing somebody on the other side of the way, he recognised, he thought, the person who had appeared to him and Colonel Wynyard in America.

Lilly Wynyard said that the person pointed out was a Mr.Eyre (Hay ?), that he and John Wynyard were frequently mistaken for each other, and that money had actually been paid to this Mr.Eyre in mistake." A famous tale of an appearance is Lord Brougham's.

His Lordship was not reckoned precisely a veracious man; on the other hand, this was not the kind of fable he was likely to tell.

He was brought up under the regime of common-sense.