Later, too, "throwing" began. As she was going to bed one night the rector's wife received a terrific blow under the eye. On the next night objects were flung about the bedroom; they included a cotton reel and the head of a hammer with the broken handle in it, Articles were left deliberately in the rector's way. The position became intolerable: the rector and his wife, in an attempt at exorcism, sprinkled the house with holy water and said prayers; but, in the midst of this, "a stone nearly the size of my fist (wrote the rector) struck Mrs. Robinson on the shoulder.
Then Mr. and Mrs. Robinson noticed that "Marianne" (the name of the rector's wife) appeared continually on small pieces of paper in a shaky, childish hand. Afterwards it w^
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