no , they said , but so heavy was the testimony against her that this did not matter , for her mother-in-law had heard her address beings that were invisible , and her son chretien had seen this also , and her son philippe , and even charlotte , though charlotte had fled rather than answer questions against her mother , and other persons too had seen the power of the comtesse , who could move objects without touching them , and judge the future , and know countless impossible things .