[General] Does "they" refer to "things" or not?

[jacob123]

Does "they" refer to "things" or not?


The judge stated on oath that Frau Rothe put him in communication with the spirits of his wife and father, who said things to him which the medium could not possibly have invented, because they dealt with matters unknown to any mortal.

"The History of Spiritualism," by Arthur Conan Doyle

 

[Yankee]

Yes, "things".

 

[emsr2d2]

jacob123, please note that I have edited post #1 so that the text stretches all the way across the box. The quote you gave was spread over 4 separate lines, totally unnecessarily. As you can see from how post #1 now looks, it should have taken up just a line and a half.