Assassin thwarted (1872–1879) [Mrs. Eddy] also told of being in her room and having the impression that someone was coming to shoot her, and her first thought was to close and lock the door, but she left it open, and a man entered her room and pointed a revolver at her, and she said to him, “You cannot shoot,” and his arm became as if paralyzed; his revolver dropped to the floor, and he said using an oath, “I came to kill you.