Mrs. Herbert returned with her husband from London to their countryhome on the Border. They arrived rather late in the day, prepared tovisit the garden, and decided to put off the visit till the morrow.At night Mrs. Herbert dreamed that they went into the garden, down along walk to a mignonette bed near the vinery. The mignonette wasblack with innumerable bees, and Wilburd, the gardener, came up andadvised Mr. and Mrs. Herbert not to go nearer. Next morning the pairwent to the garden. The air round the mignonette was dark with_wasps_. Mrs. Herbert now first remembered and told her dream,adding, "but in the dream they were _bees_". Wilburd now came up andadvised them not to go nearer, as a wasps' nest had been injured andthe wasps were on the warpath.Here accidental coincidence is probable enough. {10} There is anotherclass of dreams very useful, and apparently not so very uncommon, thatare veracious and communicate correct information, which the dreamerdid not know that he knew and was very anxious to know. These arerare enough to be rather difficult to believe. Thus:--
