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And so Mrs. Rhinehart , who had been only too happy to oblige any friend of Mrs. Slater 's , had called personally upon Mrs. Legrand to arrange for the séance . The medium had told her at first that she was full of previous engagements for a month ahead , and that it would be impossible to give Miss Ludington a séance . When , however , Mrs. Rhinehart told her that Miss Ludington 's purpose in asking for the séance was to test the question whether our past selves have immortal souls distinct from our present selves , Mrs. Legrand became greatly interested , and at once said that she would cancel a previous appointment , and give Miss Ludington a séance the following evening , at her parlours , No . -- East Tenth Street , at nine o'clock . Mrs. Legrand had said that while she had never heard a belief in the immortality of past selves avowed , there had not been lacking in her relations with the spirit-world some mysterious experiences that seemed to confirm it . She should , therefore , look forward to the issue of the experiment the following evening with nearly as much confidence , and quite as much interest , as Miss Ludington herself . Mrs. Rhinehart hoped that the following evening would be convenient for Miss Ludington .