And he said, do you want to hear my story? I said, yes. He said, Mrs. Murphy went off to Lourdes to see the holy relics, the crutches and the braces. ... So he opened it, he sniffed at it, he tasted it, and he said, Mrs. Murphy, this is not a bottle of holy water. This is a bottle of scotch. She said, down on your knees, man, and pray to the Holy Father. It's another miracle. So that is the way he announced his coming death, by telling a joke. I didn't get it.

Neville (as quoted): "Mrs. Murphy went off to Lourdes to see the holy relics, the crutches and the braces. ... Mrs. Murphy, this is not a bottle of holy water. This is a bottle of scotch. She said, down on your knees, man, and pray to the Holy Father. It's another miracle."

A few days before our dinner party I called him to tell him that I was having a very very high experience. … I said, “Neville, I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that some kind of authority is going to be given to me. I don’t understand it, I certainly didn’t earn it” with that he broke in and he said, “No, it’s all a gift. “It’s all grace. And I said, “Well, that’s my story. And he said, “Do you want to hear my story? And I said, “Yes. … So, I am sure you’re not surprised that he announced his coming demise in the form of a joke.

Neville (as quoted): "No, it’s all a gift. It’s all grace. … Do you want to hear my story? … Mrs Murphy went off to Lourdes to see the Holy Relics … Down on your knees and pray to the Holy father it’s another miracle"

So on the way to the hospital I told him about the dream I had the night before, and that I had awakened with great anxiety, and he said to me, It's wonderful that the depths of your being have given you a warning.

Neville (as quoted): "It's wonderful that the depths of your being have given you a warning."

he gave me the first piece of bread and cheese. He said, Here, Frank, take this. So I took it, and just before we ate, my hostess asked me if I would like to have another martini. I said, Certainly. And Neville said, Wait. Here, Frank, take this. And he took his unfinished martini and poured it into my glass. So I finished his drink. ... Then after dinner, he suddenly stood up and said, We're going, and with that we left.

Neville (as quoted): "Here, Frank, take this... Wait. Here, Frank, take this... We're going."

So, on the way to the hospital I told him about a dream I’d had the night before and then I had awakened with great great anxiety and he said to me, “It’s wonderful that the depths of your being have given you a warning”.

Neville (as quoted): "It’s wonderful that the depths of your being have given you a warning"

When we arrived at the party the first thing we wanted was a martini. So, I got mine and he got his and then he gave me the first piece of bread and cheese. He said, “Here Frank, take this” so I took it and then just before we ate my hostess asked me if I would like to have another martini, I said, “Certainly” and Neville said, “Wait. Here Frank, take this” and he took his unfinished martini and poured it into my glass. So, I finished his drink. … Then after dinner he suddenly stood up and he said, “We’re going” and with that we left.

Neville (as quoted): "Here Frank, take this … Wait. Here Frank, take this … We’re going"

A few days before our dinner party, I called him to tell him that I was having a very, very high experience. I couldn't account for it, but that my consciousness was going higher and higher and higher, and I said, Neville, I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that some kind of authority is going to be given to me. I don't understand it. I certainly didn't earn it. With that, he broke in and said, No, it's all a gift. It's all grace. And I said, Well, that's my story. And he said, Do you want to hear my story? And I said, Yes.

Neville (as quoted): "No, it's all a gift. It's all grace... Do you want to hear my story?"

I spent his last day with him. Mrs. Goddard was very ill at the time. She was in the hospital. Neville was going to a dinner party, and I was going to drive him. Because he didn't want to disappoint his host, he left Mrs. Goddard in the hospital one more day.

On the way to the party, I told him about my experience downtown and feeling that we were deep in the heart of the woodland. He took a breath and let out a deep sigh and said, yes, and there are those who believe that no one ever returns from the woodland. I said, you mean brothers who haven't come in? And he said, yes. I said, you mean that you see the brothers who have not come into the story? He said, yes, I see them. I said, do you see the ones who have come out? He said, yes, and they are most exalted beings you could ever imagine. I said, well, and you see all three? And he said, yes, I see all three.

Neville (as quoted): "Yes, and there are those who believe that no one ever returns from the woodland. ... Yes, I see them. ... Yes, and they are most exalted beings you could ever imagine. ... Yes, I see all three."

After dinner, at this last dinner party, he suddenly stood up and he said, we're going. I'm taking you home, Frank. So we left. When we got to his place, I stayed just a short time. Neither one of us had anything else to drink that night. I went home. I retired early.

Neville (as quoted): "We're going. I'm taking you home, Frank."

the last day that I was with Neville, on the way to the party. He gave a message in an offhand way, which I considered to be his last revelation about his doctrine. ... And I said, Neville, I just got back from downtown, and oh, how deeply are in the heart of Woodland. ... Then Neville took a deep breath and let out a sigh. He said, Yes, and there are those who believe that no one ever returns. And I said, do you see them, the brothers who haven't come in? And he said, yes, I see them. ... And I said, do you see those who have returned? He said, yes, and they are the most exalted beings you can ever imagine.

Neville (as quoted): "Yes, and there are those who believe that no one ever returns. ... Yes, I see them. ... Yes, and they are the most exalted beings you can ever imagine."

there was Neville lying on his back in a rigid position, with his arms stretched out like this, nude with a napkin over his face, and the coroner said, We don't understand all the blood, see? And with that he reached down and picked up the napkin and showed me, and there was the image which I had seen in my dream all those years before. A terrible contorted expression on his face, as if he had choked to death. ... The coroner said apparently he shed every drop of blood in his body

The coroner kept asking me what had happened, he said, “Was Mr. Goddard a heavy drinker?” … he took me in to the part of the house that was closed off and there was Neville lying on his back in a rigid position with his arms stretched out like this, nude with a napkin over his face, and the coroner said, “We don’t understand all the blood. See?” and with that he reached down and picked up the napkin and showed me and there was the image which I had seen in my dream all those years before. A terrible contorted expression on his face as if he had choked to death. … The coroner said, “Apparently he shed every drop of blood in his body”.

I hesitated to tell him because you know how dignified he was. But I told him anyway, and his eyes just danced because he knew. He knew Scripture so thoroughly that he knew that he was the fool.

The coroner questioned me, was Mr. Goddard a heavy drinker? With that, his daughter broke in. She said, he used to be a few years ago, but not in recent years. The coroner asked me again, did he have a lot to drink last night? I said no. Then I suddenly remembered everything that had happened about the drinks, the fact that he didn't even finish his second drink. I said, he didn't even finish his second drink. He gave it to me. Why are you asking me all these questions? The coroner said, we don't understand all the blood.