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The news shortly after reached England that the officer had fallen at the battle of Corunna , on the very day in the night of which his betrothed had beheld the vision . Another , a lady residing in Rome , dreamed that her mother , who had been several years dead , appeared to her , gave her a lock of hair , and said , `` Be especially careful of this lock of hair , my child , for it is your father 's , and the angels will call him away from you to-morrow . '' The effect of the dream on her mind was such , that , when she awoke , she experienced the greatest alarm , and caused a telegraphic notice to be instantly dispatched to England , were her father was , to inquire after his health . No immediate reply was received ; but , when it did come , it was to the effect that her father had died that morning at nine o'clock . She afterwards learned , that , two days before his death , he had caused to be cut off , a lock of his hair , and handed it to one of his daughters , who was attending on him , telling her it was for her sister in Rome . Well authenticated cases might be multiplied till they filled volumes ; but the two we have cited , suffice to prove that in sleeping , as well as in waking hours , our minds may receive impressions of truth , or , that the spirit goes out to other scenes , and there takes cognizance of events and conditions . Dawn slept on ; her beautiful white face was still and upturned , as though gazing into the heavens .