SIR,—Until the obituary notice 'remembered' by your correspondent Mr. Wigfield
comes to light, there will be few who have read the story of the Versailles visions ready to believe it a hoax, Such a conclusion would be so out of character with the personal and academic standing of the authors as to be quite in- credible.
When writing my book (The Mystery of Versailles, Rider, 1937), 1 had access to scores of private letters between the two authors, the whole tone of which clearly indicated their own belief in the phenomena, and their patient determination to convince a sceptical world.
The anonymity of the first edition of An Adventure was more than understandable in view of the position then held by Miss Anne Moberly as head of one of the few women's colleges, and should arouse the sympathy of Mr. Wigfield as .a headmaster. That this lady should have spent eleven years concocting a fantastic literary hoax is quite out of the ques- tion.--Yours faithfully,
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