human
My little book-worm, what is the story you find so interesting?
gpt
Auntie, it isn’t a story book. It is _Science and Health_. I read it every night and morning.
human
What a very strange book for a little boy to be interested in! The title sounds quite alarmingly dry.
gpt
Oh, Auntie, have you never heard of it? It is such a wonderful book. I am beginning to understand it now. At first I could not, but Cousin Alicia used to explain it so beautifully to me, and now I love to read it.
human
I cannot say I remember the title, dear, but I should like to look into it. Will you spare it to me this evening? I think it is time now for lights to be extinguished.
gpt
Do you know anything of this book, Raymond? she asked, giving it into his hand.
human
I found Carol reading it in bed--_Science and Health_.
gpt
Indeed I do, he said,
human
No, no, Raymond, you must not. The book was a present from Miss Desmond to Carol, and you have no right to destroy it, however strongly you may disapprove of his reading it.
gpt
I do more than disapprove. I absolutely forbid him to read any more of it; the most unorthodox rubbish that has been published for centuries. The worst of it is, it has taken hold of some people, especially women, and they are carried away by it.