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We were sitting at dinner last night when the conversation turned to mind reading, mesmerism and hypnotism.  That is Mr Cottenet's and my conversation.  I suggested our trying to will some one at the table to do something.  The amount of it was that we decided we wanted Adele Sloane to take off the pearl pin she wore in the front of her dress.  We laughed after this and talked of other things.  Later when the table turned so to speak, and it came time for me to talk to Bobbie Sands[?] who was sitting on [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] ^[[my]] other

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side I told him of our little plan.  [[strikethough]] Have [[/strikethrough]]

"Have you any will power", I asked

"No, none at all", said Bobbie in a jerky way he has of talking.

I  looked at him a moment then said:
"I don't believe that, I think you have a great deal."

"Why?"

"You look that way.  Try now just for fun to see if you can make Miss Sloane take off the pin".

He looked at her accross the table.

"If you look at her", I